Overview
Tetrachloroethylene (CAS 127-18-4) is a colourless, volatile, non-flammable, chlorinated hydrocarbon. It is used as a solvent and chemical intermediate.
Common uses for tetrachloroethylene are in textile processing and cleaning, degreasing and dry cleaning. The major uses of tetrachloroethylene are:
- as a solvent in dry cleaning
- as a degreasing agent in metal cleaning including railway cleaning
- for processing and finishing textiles
- manufacture and use for cleaning automotive products
- used to kill parasitic worms
- manufacture of fluorocarbons
- pesticides, mostly in grain fumigation
- as insulating fluid and cooling gas in electrical transformers
- paint, printing and adhesive manufacture and use
- coal industry
- petroleum refining
- carpet cleaning
This guide provides information for those registered medical practitioners engaged by a PCBU to carry out or supervise health monitoring for workers. This guidance should be read in conjunction with the following:
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