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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Chlorofluorocarbon, Chloroform, Haloalkane, Trichloroethylene, Halomethane, Carbon tetrachloride, Bromomethane, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, Tetrachloroethylene, Dichloromethane, Hexachlorobutadiene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, Bromoform, Trihalomethane, Tetrabromomethane, Chlorobenzene, 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol, Hexafluoro-2-propanol, Perfluorodecalin, Diiodomethane, 1,1-Dichloroethene, 1,1-Dichloro-1-fluoroethane, Perfluorohexane, 1,2-Dichloroethene, Benzotrichloride, Parachlorobenzotrifluoride, 1,1-Dichloroethane, 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, Perfluorooctane, 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane, FC-75, 1,3,5-Trichlorobenzene, FC-70. Excerpt: The chemical compound trichloroethylene is a chlorinated hydrocarbon commonly used as an industrial solvent. It is a clear non-flammable liquid with a sweet smell. The IUPAC name is trichloroethene. Industrial abbreviations include TCE, trichlor, Trike, Tricky and tri. It has been sold under a variety of trade names. Under the trade names Trimar and Trilene, trichloroethylene was used as a volatile anesthetic and as an inhaled obstetrical analgesic in millions of patients. Pioneered by Imperial Chemical Industries in Britain, its development was hailed as an anesthetic revolution. Originally thought to possess less hepatotoxicity than chloroform, and without the unpleasant pungency and flammability of ether, TCE use was nonetheless soon found to have several pitfalls. These included promotion of cardiac arrhythmias, too low a volatility for quick anesthetic induction, reactions with soda lime used in carbon dioxide absorbing systems, prolonged neurologic dysfunction when used with soda lime, and evidence of hepatotoxicity as had been found with chloroform. The introduction of halothane in 1956 greatly diminished the use of TCE as a general anesthetic. TCE was still used as an inha...
