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I am concerned that your article indicates that trichloroethane is "relatively non-toxic" although studies confirm that inhalation triggers a syndrome known as "sudden death syndrome" whereby the concentrated inhaled vapors can sensitive cardiac tissues to catecholamine formation causing massive arrythmias and zero net cardiac output. The result, death. 208.11.188.26 16:24 Feb 1, 2005

The hazard information is now undergoing review as part of WikiProject Chemicals. It would be helpful if you provided a reference for the "studies" that you cite. Physchim62 13:39, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Chemical Formula

Should we show up 1,1,1-Trichloroethane with CH₃CCl₃ rather than C₂H₃Cl₃?

Added the CH3CCl3. --Der yck C. 01:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Name of article

In actual writing, we put the "t" in lowercase. Therefore name of this article should be "1,1,1-trichloroethane". I'm going to move this. --Der yck C. 01:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does 1,1,1 - Trichoroethane effect alcohol breath testing devices?

Evidentiary machines, used by policeforces, generally utilize infrared spectrophotometer technology. Essentially, the machines project an infra-red beam of energy through the captured breath in the sample chamber; the more energy is absorbed by compounds containing the methyl group in their molecular structures, the less reaches the detector on the other side -- and the higher the reading. The assumption is that the compound containing the methyl group is probably ethyl alcohol. However, studies indicate that over one hundred compounds containing the methyl group have been identified on the human breath and will be incorrectly detected as ethyl alcohol. Importantly, the effect is cumulative: the more methyl group compounds absorbing the infrared energy, the higher the false breath test result.

Greenhouse gas?

The article is in category:greenhouse gases, but the article makes no mention of it. Is it really a greenhouse gas as well as being an ozone depleting gas? Tim Ivorson 2008-03-18 13:06, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Insecticide: The article mentions that a citation is needed that this chemical is harmful to insects. The http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/methylchloroform.html page lists it as an insecticide.

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 == Greenhouse gas? ==
 The article is in [[:category:greenhouse gases]], but the article makes no mention of it. Is it really a greenhouse gas as well as being an ozone depleting gas? [[User:Tim Ivorson|Tim Ivorson]] [[2008-03-18]] 13:06, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
+Insecticide:  The article mentions that a citation is needed that this chemical is harmful to insects.  The http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/methylchloroform.html page lists it as an insecticide.