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, TCE ti ṣe ifilọlẹ 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