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Trichloroethylene: Water Contamination and Health Risk Assessment

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Trichloroethylene (TCE) is also known as 1,1–2-trichloroethylene, 1, 1-dichloro-2-chloroethylene, acetylene trichloride, and ethylene trichloride (Mycroft and Fan 1985). It has the following chemical and physical properties.

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