ABSTRACT
The uses of 1,1,1-trichloroethane include: cold cleaning; vapor degreasing; dip cleaning; bucket cleaning; cleaning of printing presses, food packaging machinery, and molds; and as a solvent for adhesives, typewriter correction fluids, metal degreasing, pesticides, textile processing, cutting fluids, aerosols, lubricants, cutting oil formulations, drain cleaners, shoe polishes, spot cleaners, printing inks, and stain repellents. 1,1,1-trichloroethane is also used extensively in household products such as liquid detergents, wallpaper glue, carpets, spray and solid insecticides, carpet glue, chlorine bleach scouring powder, and as a solid rodenticide. It is also found in many other household products in trace amounts.
