a volatile nonflammable colourless liquid with low toxicity used for cleaning electrical apparatus and as a solvent; 1,2,3-trichloroethane. Formula: CH3CCl3
Also called: methyl chloroform
Examples of 'trichloroethane' in a sentence
trichloroethane
Less pronounced differences were observed for chlorodifluoromethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane and chloromethane.
E. Bahlmann, I. Weinberg, R. Seifert, C. Tubbesing, W. Michaelis 2011, 'A high volume sampling system for isotope determination of volatile halocarbons andhydrocarbons', Atmospheric Measurement Techniqueshttp://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/4/2073/2011/amt-4-2073-2011.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The disordered 1,1,2-trichloroethane molecules occupy solvent-accessible channels along the b axis.
Alexander A. Golichenko, Andrey V. Kravchenko, Irina V. Omelchenko, Denis M. Chudak,Vladimir A. Starodub, Boleslaw Barszcz, Alexander V. Shtemenko 2016, 'Crystal structure of bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalenium μ2-acetato-bis[tribromidorhenate(III)]1,1,2-trichloroethane hemisolvate', Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communicationshttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2056989016006058. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)