carbon tetrachloride
A colorless, mobile, nonflammable, liquid (CCl
4 ), used as a solvent and grease
remover, and as a fumigant for books. It is both
toxic and volatile. It also gives off chlorine,
which, in the presence of glowing charcoal, e.g.,
a lighted cigarette, becomes phosgene, which is
even more toxic.
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