Assertion: trichloroethylene | /r/ObjectUse | used as solvent
Facets:
value: widely
type: DEGREE
value: in the paint
type: LOCATION
value: since the early 1900s.8
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the glues
type: LOCATION
value: in adhesives
type: LOCATION
value: in aerosol formulations
type: OTHER
value: for waterless drying
type: PURPOSE
value: for finishing
type: PURPOSE
value: for extraction
type: PURPOSE
value: for cleaning metal parts
type: PURPOSE
value: mostly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: It is mostly used as a solvent to remove grease from metal parts, but it is also an ingredient in adhesives, paint removers, typewriter correction fluids, and spot removers.
text: TCE is used as a solvent, as an intermediate for refrigerant manufacture and as a spotting agent in dry cleaning facilities.
text: Trichloroethylene is used as a solvent for cleaning metal parts.
text: Trichloroethylene is widely used as a solvent for extraction, waterless drying, and finishing, and as a general purpose solvent in adhesives, lubricants, paints, varnishes, paint strippers, pesticides, and cold metal cleaners.
text: Produced commercially since the 1920s, trichloroethylene has been used as a solvent and degreaser.
text: Produced commercially since the 1920s, trichloroethylene has been used as a solvent and degreaser.
text: Trichloroethylene (also known as TCE) has been widely used as a solvent since the early 1900s.8
text: Trichloroethylene (also known as TCE) has been widely used as a solvent since the early 1900s.8
text: TCE was also used as a solvent for extraction of palm, coconut and soy bean oils, spices, hops and the decaffeination of coffee.
text: TCE is used as a solvent in adhesives and aerosol formulations.
text: Other industries with potential for TCE exposure include the iron/steel industries, where TCE may have been used as a general solvent and degreaser; painting, where products may have been cleaned with TCE or TCE was used as a solvent in the paint; the electronics industry, where TCE was used as a degreaser; the chemical industry, where TCE was used in the production of various products; the printing industry, where TCE may have been used to clean machinery and as a solvent in dyes; shoe manufacturing, where TCE was used as a solvent in the glues; and jewellery manufacturing, where TCE may have been used as a general solvent.1,16
text: Other industries with potential for TCE exposure include the iron/steel industries, where TCE may have been used as a general solvent and degreaser; painting, where products may have been cleaned with TCE or TCE was used as a solvent in the paint; the electronics industry, where TCE was used as a degreaser; the chemical industry, where TCE was used in the production of various products; the printing industry, where TCE may have been used to clean machinery and as a solvent in dyes; shoe manufacturing, where TCE was used as a solvent in the glues; and jewellery manufacturing, where TCE may have been used as a general solvent.1,16
text: Other industries with potential for TCE exposure include the iron/steel industries, where TCE may have been used as a general solvent and degreaser; painting, where products may have been cleaned with TCE or TCE was used as a solvent in the paint; the electronics industry, where TCE was used as a degreaser; the chemical industry, where TCE was used in the production of various products; the printing industry, where TCE may have been used to clean machinery and as a solvent in dyes; shoe manufacturing, where TCE was used as a solvent in the glues; and jewellery manufacturing, where TCE may have been used as a general solvent.1,16