dry carbon tetrachloride

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• Carbon tetrachloride — IUPAC name …   Wikipedia

• carbon tetrachloride — n a colorless nonflammable toxic carcinogenic liquid CCl4 that has an odor resembling that of chloroform and is used as a solvent and a refrigerant called also tetrachloromethane * * * a pungent volatile fluid used as a dry cleaner. When inhaled… …   Medical dictionary

• carbon tetrachloride — a colorless, nonflammable, vaporous, toxic liquid, CCl4, usually produced by the reaction of chlorine with carbon disulfide, methane, or other carbon containing compounds: used mainly as a refrigerant, fire extinguisher, cleaning fluid, solvent,… …   Universalium

• carbon tetrachloride — noun The halogenated hydrocarbon tetrachloromethane; a toxic, non inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, in dry cleaning and in fire extinguishers …   Wiktionary

• carbon tetrachloride — a pungent volatile fluid used as a dry cleaner. When inhaled or swallowed it may severely damage the heart, liver, and kidneys, causing cirrhosis and nephrosis, and it can also affect the optic nerve and other nerves. Treatment is by… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Dry cleaning — (or dry cleaning) is any cleaning process for clothing and textiles using a chemical solvent other than water. The solvent used is typically tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene), abbreviated perc in the industry and dry cleaning fluid by the… …   Wikipedia

• dry cleaning — dry cleaning, adj. 1. the cleaning of garments, fabrics, draperies, etc., with any of various chemicals rather than water. 2. garments for cleaning in this way. [1810 20] * * * System of cleaning textiles with chemical solvents instead of water.… …   Universalium

• dry-clean — [drī′klēn΄] vt. to clean (garments, fabrics, etc.) with some solvent other than water, as naphtha or carbon tetrachloride dry cleaner n …   English World dictionary

• carbon — A nonmetallic tetravalent element, atomic no. 6, atomic wt. 12.011; the major bioelement. It has two natural isotopes, 12C and 13C (the former, set at 12.00000, being the standard for all molecular weights), and two artificial, radioactive… …   Medical dictionary

• Activated carbon — Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, activated coal or carbo activatus, is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely porous and thus to have a very large surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions …   Wikipedia

• carbontetrachloride — carbon tetrachloride n. A poisonous, nonflammable, colorless liquid, CCl4, used in fire extinguishers and as a dry cleaning fluid. * * * …   Universalium