
Is ICI’s (Imperial Chemical Industries) brand name for 111-trichloroethane. Trichloroethane is used as a cleaning solvent for film.
It is toxic and now only used under strictly controlled conditions for the safety of people working with it. It has been phased out of use internationally by greenhouse emission protocols.
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