Assertion: carbon tetrachloride | /r/ObjectUse | used in fire extinguishers
Facets:
value: in spot removers
type: LOCATION
value: as a pesticide
type: MANNER
value: extensively
type: DEGREE
value: in order to kill insects
type: PURPOSE
value: from the late nineteenth century
type: TEMPORAL
value: formerly
type: TEMPORAL
value: as a fumigant
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: It was used in the production of refrigeration fluid and propellants for aerosol cans, as a pesticide, as a cleaning fluid and degreasing agent, in fire extinguishers, and in spot removers.
text: Although carbon tetrachloride was once used as a fire extinguisher, this use had its potential risks.
text: It was also used in fire extinguishers, as a fumigant to kill insects in grain, and as a pesticide.
text: It was also used in fire extinguishers.
text: It was used in the production of refrigeration fluid and propellants for aerosol cans, as a pesticide, as a cleaning fluid and degreasing agent, in fire extinguishers, and in spot removers.
text: Carbon tetrachloride was formerly used in fire extinguishers, and could be exposed to high temperatures when the extinguisher was used.
text: Carbon tetrachloride is nonflammable so was also used in fire extinguishers.
text: Carbon tetrachloride has also been used in fire extinguishers and as a fumigant in grain in order to kill insects.
text: It was used in the production of refrigeration fluid and propellants for aerosol cans, as a pesticide, as a cleaning fluid and degreasing agent, in fire extinguishers, and in spot removers.
text: Carbon tetrachloride (CCl 4 ) was used in fire extinguishers and glass "anti-fire grenades" from the late nineteenth century until around the end of World War II.
text: It can be formed by the thermal decomposition of chlorinated hydrocarbons; e.g., when carbon tetrachloride (q.v.) is used as a fire extinguisher.
text: Carbon tetrachloride was extensively used as a fire extinguisher, refrigerant and cleaning agents.