Trichlorethylene (TCE) ni ibara risobanutse, ritagira ibara, ridacanwa (ku bushyuhe bwicyumba) amazi y’ubumara ahamye afite umunuko umeze nka chloroform (ATSDR, 2011). Irashobora gushonga gato mumazi, irashobora gushonga mumavuta hamwe nibisanzwe bisanzwe, kandi ikabyimba kuri 87 ° C (190 F).
Iyo ihuye n'umwuka, irabora buhoro buhoro ikora fosgene, hydrogène chloride, na chloride ya dichloroacetyl. Trichlorethylene ihuye namazi ihinduka ruswa kandi ikora aside ya dichloroacetic na aside hydrochloric. Irashobora gushonga muri methanol, diethyl ether, na acetone.
Trichlorethylene izwi kandi nka trichloroethene, acetylene trichloride, 1-chloro-2,2- dichloroethylene, na trichloride ya Ethylene, kandi ikunze no kwitwa TRI. Ni hydrocarubone ihindagurika, ihindagurika, ikoreshwa cyane mu kwangiza ibyuma kandi nka hydrofluorocarbon (HFC-134a) hagati (ATSDR, 2013). Irakoreshwa kandi mubifata, gushushanya-gusiga irangi, amarangi, lacquers, na langi. Mu myaka ya za 1930, TCE yatangijwe kugirango ikoreshwe mu gusukura byumye, ariko iyi myitozo ahanini yahagaritswe mu myaka ya za 1950 ubwo TCE yasimburwaga na tetrachlorethylene (PCE). Ifite ubundi buryo butandukanye bwakoreshejwe mu kwisiga, ibiyobyabwenge, ibiryo, nudukoko twica udukoko (US EPA, 2011). Nibyangiza ibidukikije byagaragaye mu kirere, amazi yo mu butaka, amazi yo hejuru, nubutaka