Wacker-Chemie.
Wacker-Chemie, Munich, is discontinuing production and sale of chlorinated hydrocarbons, effective December 31. Only trichloroethylene trichloroethylene /tri·chlo·ro·eth·y·lene/ (-eth´i-len) a clear, mobile liquid used as an industrial solvent; formerly used as an inhalant anesthetic.
tri·chlo·ro·eth·yl·ene
n. will continue to be produced for Dow Germany at the Burghausen plant as part of a reprocessing Reprocessing may refer to: - Nuclear reprocessing
- Recycling
agreement. Supply of the market is ensured by Dow Chemical and the remaining chlorinated chlorinated /chlo·ri·nat·ed/ (klor´i-nat?ed) treated or charged with chlorine.
chlorinated
charged with chlorine.
chlorinated acids
some, e.g. hydrocarbon producers in Europe. Dow added trichloroethylene to its range of products.
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