Trichlorethylene (TCE) ndi madzi owoneka bwino, opanda mtundu, osayaka (pachipinda chotentha) chokhazikika chapoizoni chokhala ndi fungo la chloroform (ATSDR, 2011).Amasungunuka pang'ono m'madzi, amasungunuka mumafuta ndi zosungunulira wamba, ndipo amawira pa 87°C (190 F).
Ikakhudzana ndi mpweya, imawola pang'onopang'ono ndikupanga phosgene, hydrogen chloride, ndi dichloroacetyl chloride.Trichlorethylene ikakumana ndi madzi imakhala yowononga ndikupanga dichloroacetic acid ndi hydrochloric acid.Amasungunuka mu methanol, diethyl ether, ndi acetone.
Trichlorethylene imadziwikanso kuti trichloroethene, acetylene trichloride, 1-chloro-2,2- dichlorethylene, ndi ethylene trichloride, ndipo imafupikitsidwanso kuti TRI.Ndiwosakhazikika, wothira chlorinated organic hydrocarbon yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri pochotsa zitsulo komanso ngati hydrofluorocarbon (HFC-134a) yapakatikati (ATSDR, 2013).Amagwiritsidwanso ntchito popanga zomatira, zochotsa utoto, utoto, zopaka utoto, ndi ma vanishi.M’zaka za m’ma 1930, TCE inayambitsidwa kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito poyeretsa, koma mchitidwe umenewu unathetsedwa kwambiri m’zaka za m’ma 1950 pamene TCE inasinthidwa ndi tetrachlorethylene (PCE).Ili ndi zina zambiri zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mbuyomu muzodzola, mankhwala, zakudya, ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo (US EPA, 2011).Ndi zowononga zachilengedwe zomwe zapezeka mumlengalenga, pansi pa nthaka, madzi apamtunda, ndi nthaka