Trichlorethylene (TCE) jẹ mimọ, ti ko ni awọ, ti ko ni ina (ni iwọn otutu yara) olomi majele iduroṣinṣin pẹlu oorun chloroform (ATSDR, 2011). O jẹ tiotuka diẹ ninu omi, jẹ tiotuka ninu awọn greases ati awọn nkanmimu Organic ti o wọpọ, ati õwo ni 87°C (190F).
Lori olubasọrọ pẹlu air, o laiyara decomposes ati awọn fọọmu phosgene, hydrogen kiloraidi, ati dichloroacetyl kiloraidi. Trichlorethylene ni olubasọrọ pẹlu omi di ipata ati awọn fọọmu dichloroacetic acid ati hydrochloric acid. O jẹ tiotuka ni methanol, diethyl ether, ati acetone.
Trichlorethylene tun mọ bi trichloroethene, acetylene trichloride, 1-chloro-2,2- dichlorethylene, ati ethylene trichloride, ati pe o tun jẹ abbreviated si TRI. O jẹ iyipada, hydrocarbon Organic chlorinated ti o jẹ lilo pupọ fun awọn irin idinku ati bi agbedemeji hydrofluorocarbon (HFC-134a) (ATSDR, 2013). O tun lo ninu awọn adhesives, awọn ilana ti o ni awọ-awọ, awọn kikun, awọn lacquers, ati awọn varnishes. Ni awọn ọdun 1930, a ṣe agbekalẹ TCE fun lilo ninu mimọ gbigbẹ, ṣugbọn iṣe yii ti dawọ ni pataki ni awọn ọdun 1950 nigbati TCE rọpo nipasẹ tetrachlorethylene (PCE). O ni nọmba awọn lilo miiran ti o kọja ni awọn ohun ikunra, awọn oogun, awọn ounjẹ, ati awọn ipakokoropaeku (US EPA, 2011). O jẹ idoti ayika ti a ti rii ni afẹfẹ, omi inu ile, omi oju, ati ile