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From: Dan Brown <brownd@holmes.uchastings.edu>
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Subject: Re: ATM trichloorethyleen
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On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Dan Harriman wrote:

> I know that the correct name was trichlorethylene.

        There's trichloroethylene (TCE), and (1,1,1) trichloroethane (TCA); the 
latter is (IMO) better stuff.  Both are very good degreasers, they 
evaporate rapidly and leave no residue.  However, TCE seems to have a 
stronger odor (though good ventilation is recommended for both), and it 
irritates the skin rather a lot more than TCA.  It's also a bit more 
expensive, it seems.  Also, TCE is supposedly known to the state of CA to 
be a carcinogen; I don't remember that TCA had that warning.

        I posted the other day that Brownell's carries TCA; I was wrong.  
They _used_ to, but now it's just TCE (though they do have it in gallon 
sizes still).  TCE should also be available at well-stocked gun stores 
under the name of "Crud Cutter" for about $3/16 oz aerosol can.

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