Assertion: carbon tetrachloride | /r/HasProperty | solvent
Facets:
value: for rubber waxes
type: PURPOSE
value: for varnishes
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for resins
type: PURPOSE
value: for fats
type: PURPOSE
value: for lacquers
type: PURPOSE
value: for oils
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: It is a solvent for oils, fats, lacquers, varnishes, rubber waxes, and resins, and a starting material in the manufacturing of organic compounds.
text: Because carbon tetrachloride is a solvent, it has also been widely used as a cleaning fluid (degreasing agent in industrial and dry cleaning facilities).
text: 19.5 million litres of CCl4 (carbon tetrachloride, a solvent banned under the Montreal Protocol) appear to be leaking into the atmosphere each year.