Trichlorethylene (TCE) ke mokelikeli o hlakileng, o se nang 'mala, o sa cheng (ka mocheso oa kamore) o tsitsitseng o chefo o nang le monko o kang oa chloroform (ATSDR, 2011). E qhibiliha hanyenyane ka metsing, e qhibiliha ka har'a grease le metsoako e tloaelehileng ea tlhaho, 'me e bela ka 87°C (190 F).
Ha e kopana le moea, e senyeha butle ebe e etsa phosgene, hydrogen chloride, le dichloroacetyl chloride. Trichlorethylene ha e kopana le metsi ea senya 'me e etsa dichloroacetic acid le hydrochloric acid. E qhibiliha ka methanol, diethyl ether le acetone.
Trichlorethylene e boetse e tsejoa e le trichloroethene, acetylene trichloride, 1-chloro-2,2- dichlorethylene, le ethylene trichloride, hape e atisa ho khutsufatsoa ho TRI. Ke hydrocarbon e sa tsitsang, e nang le chlorine e sebelisoang haholo bakeng sa litšepe tse degrease hape e le hydrofluorocarbon (HFC-134a) intermediate (ATSDR, 2013). E boetse e sebelisoa ho etsa likhomaretsi, ho etsa lipente, lipente, lilakane le livarnish. Lilemong tsa bo-1930, TCE e ile ea hlahisoa ho sebelisoa ho hloekisa ka mokhoa o omileng, empa mokhoa ona o ile oa khaotsa haholo lilemong tsa bo-1950 ha TCE e nkeloa sebaka ke tetrachlorethylene (PCE). E na le lisebelisoa tse ling tse ngata tse fetileng ho litlolo, lithethefatsi, lijo le chefo e bolaeang likokoanyana (US EPA, 2011). Ke tšilafalo ea tikoloho e fumanoeng moeeng, metsing a ka tlas'a lefatše, holim'a metsi le mobu