Trichlorethylene (TCE) bụ ihe doro anya, enweghị agba, enweghị ọkụ (na ọnụ ụlọ okpomọkụ) mmiri mmiri na-egbu egbu siri ike nke nwere isi chloroform (ATSDR, 2011). Ọ na-agbaze ntakịrị n'ime mmiri, na-agbaze na griiz na ihe mgbaze nkịtị, na esi na 87°C (190F).
Mgbe ikuku na-akpakọrịta, ọ na-eji nwayọọ nwayọọ debie ma mepụta phosgene, hydrogen chloride, na dichloroacetyl chloride. Trichlorethylene na kọntaktị na mmiri na-aghọ ihe na-emebi emebi ma mepụta dichloroacetic acid na hydrochloric acid. Ọ bụ soluble na methanol, diethyl ether, na acetone.
A na-akpọkwa Trichlorethylene dị ka trichloroethene, acetylene trichloride, 1-chloro-2,2- dichlorethylene, na ethylene trichloride, na a na-akpọkarị ya TRI. Ọ bụ ihe na-agbanwe agbanwe, chlorinated organic hydrocarbon nke a na-ejikarị eme ihe maka imebi ọla yana dị ka hydrofluorocarbon (HFC-134a) etiti (ATSDR, 2013). A na-ejikwa ya na nrapado, ihe ndị na-agbapụ agba, agba, lacquers, na varnishes. N'afọ ndị 1930, ewebata TCE maka iji na-ehicha akọrọ, mana a kwụsịrị omume a na 1950 mgbe TCE jiri tetrachlorethylene (PCE) dochie ya. O nwere ọtụtụ ojiji ndị ọzọ gara aga na ịchọ mma, ọgwụ, nri, na ọgwụ pesticides (US EPA, 2011). Ọ bụ mmetọ gburugburu ebe obibi nke achọpụtara na ikuku, mmiri ala, mmiri elu, na ala