Trichlorethylene (TCE) mai bayyanawa ne, mai launi mara launi, mara kyau, zazzabi a daki) mai guba mai guba tare da odor mai kama da chilform, 2011). Yana da dan kadan a cikin ruwa, yana da narkewa a cikin man shafawa da abubuwan da keɓaɓɓun ƙwayar cuta, kuma boils a 87 ° C (190 F).
A kan hulɗa da iska, a hankali ya bazu da siffofin sannu-datsa, hydren chloride, da Dichloroaceyl chloride. Trichlorethylene a cikin lamba tare da ruwa ya zama mai lalata da siffofin jumran Dichloroacetic acid da hydrochloric acid. Yana da narkewa a cikin methanol, etetl ether, da kuma acetone.
Trichlorethylene kuma ana kiranta da Trichlorethene, Acetylene Trichloride, 1-chloro -yloride, 1-chloro -yloride, da kuma an lalata trichlolylenne, kuma ana yawanci raguwa ga Tri. Yana da maras tabbas, chlorijiated na hydrocarbon wanda aka yi amfani dashi sosai don ciyawar karafa kuma azaman hydrofluorocarbon (HFC-134a) matsakaici (ATSDR, 2013). Hakanan ana amfani dashi a adens, zanen fenti, zanen zane, zane-zane, lacquers, da kuma varnishes. A cikin 1930s, TCE aka gabatar da shi don amfani da tsabtatawa a bushe, amma wannan aikin ya kasance wanda aka yanke a cikin shekarun 1950s lokacin da TETRACHLORETHYLESTE (PCE). Yana da adadin sauran abubuwan da suka gabata a cikin kayan kwalliya, kwayoyi, abinci, da magungunan kashe qwari (Amurka, 2011). Yana da gurbata muhalli da aka gano ta cikin iska, ruwan kasa, ruwa, da ƙasa