Chemical properties Colorless stable, low Buddha point heavy oily liquid with chloroform-like odor. Miscible with common organic solvents, slightly soluble in water. Uses For the manufacture of indigo and other dyes, the production of monochlorinated acetic acid, is an important industrial solvent, used as metal detergent, dry cleaning agent, agricultural insecticide and other uses as a non-flammable solvent and analytical reagent for extraction solvent. Mainly used for coffee decaffeination, etc., its maximum allowable residue in ground coffee finished products is 25mg/kg, in instant coffee is 10mg/kg, in spice Chemicalbook oleoresin is 30mg/kg. Excellent solvent, used as metal surface treatment agent, cleaning agent before electroplating and painting, metal degreasing agent and extraction agent of fat, oil and paraffin. Used in organic synthesis, pesticide production. Trichloroethylene is used to produce tetrachloroethylene and can be used as an insect repellent. It is used in the production of hexachloroethane as a veterinary deworming agent for the control of liver and stomach bdelliasis, orchidasis and nematodiasis in ruminants. Uses for chemical cleaning, industrial degreasing, chemical raw materials used as incombustible solvent, determination of iodine value, organic synthesis.