Ko te Trichlorethylene (TCE) he wai maamaa, kore tae, kore e mura (i te pāmahana rūma) he wai paitini pumau me te haunga rite-chloroform (ATSDR, 2011). He iti te wairewa i roto i te wai, he wairewa i roto i nga hinu me nga whakarewa pararopi noa, me te whewhe i te 87°C (190 F).
Ka pa ana ki te hau, ka puhoi haere, ka hanga he phosgene, hauwai hauwai, me te dichloroacetyl chloride. Ko te trichlorethylene e pa ana ki te wai ka pirau, ka hanga he waikawa dichloroacetic me te waikawa maataa. Ka whakarewahia ki te methanol, diethyl ether, me te acetone.
Ko te trichlorethylene e mohiotia ana ano he trichloroethene, acetylene trichloride, 1-chloro-2,2- dichloroethylene, me te ethylene trichloride, a ka whakapotohia ano ki te TRI. He hauwai waro maataa, he maaota e whakamahia nuitia ana mo te whakakore i nga konganuku me te hei takawaenga hydrofluorocarbon (HFC-134a) (ATSDR, 2013). Ka whakamahia ano hoki i roto i te whakapiri, i te hanga peita-waahi, i te peita, i te lacquers, me te waituhi. I te tekau tau atu i 1930, i whakaurua a TCE ki te horoi maroke, engari i te nuinga o te tau i whakamutua tenei tikanga i nga tau 1950 i te whakakapinga o TCE ki te tetrachlorethylene (PCE). He maha atu nga whakamahinga o mua i roto i nga mahi whakapaipai, i nga raau taero, i nga kai, me nga pesticides (US EPA, 2011). He whakakino taiao kua kitea i roto i te hau, te wai o raro, te wai mata, me te oneone