Talk:1,2-Dichloroethane

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Dead link

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Nomenclature

I hope the old name "ethylene dichloride" is phased out soon, as it implies a double bond where there isn't one (compare to ethylene). 1,2-dichloroethane is definitely less misleading. Eddietoran (talk) 02:57, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Safety

While the chemical is banned from use by U.S. manufacturers

The chemical may be banned from use as an additive, but it is certainly not banned from use by manufacturers in the US as an intermediate or as a raw material. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of ethylene dichloride are consumed in the US every year for the manufacture of PVC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.225.149.5 (talk) 14:56, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DCA vs DCE abbreviation

This compound is almost exclusively known as DCE in the chemical literature. I know DCA would make it clearer than DCE (to distinguish from dichloroethene), but the fact of the matter is general usage states it's DCE.

For example, the following is a good example (behind paywall, though). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.200462207/full

Comparing searches on Google Scholar as well gives me the following. I only included since 2010 to get a feel of the current usage of things. Still, results are similar regardless of timeline: Searching 'dichloroethane DCA' gives 814 results (http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=dichloroethane+DCA&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_ylo=2010) Searching 'dichloroethane DCE' gives 8320 results (http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=dichloroethane+DCE&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_ylo=2010)

We shouldn't be calling it DCA on this page, and I've changed it back to DCE.