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carbon tetrachloride
noun
- a colorless, nonflammable, vaporous, toxic liquid, CCl 4 , usually produced by the reaction of chlorine with carbon disulfide, methane, or other carbon-containing compounds: used mainly as a refrigerant, fire extinguisher, cleaning fluid, solvent, and insecticide.
carbon tetrachloride
noun
- a colourless volatile nonflammable sparingly soluble liquid made from chlorine and carbon disulphide; tetrachloromethane. It is used as a solvent, cleaning fluid, and insecticide. Formula: CCl 4
carbon tetrachloride
- A colorless, nonflammable, poisonous liquid having a strong odor. It is used to make refrigerants, aerosol propellants, and pharmaceuticals. It is also used in petroleum refining and as a solvent. Until the mid-1960s, it was used as a cleaning fluid and in fire extinguishers. Chemical formula: CCl 4 .
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carbon tetrachloride1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
All use an extinguishing liquid with carbon tetrachloride as a base.
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When passed through a red-hot tube with chlorine it yields carbon tetrachloride and sulphur chloride (H. Kolbe).
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Extinguishers arranged to throw a stream of carbon tetrachloride are also on the market.
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Carbon tetrachloride (Merck's) is much cheaper than "Carbona" and about equally as good.
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All the extinguishers of this type use a liquid which has carbon tetrachloride as a base.
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