carbon tetrachloride

English

Noun

carbon tetrachloride (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The halogenated hydrocarbon tetrachloromethane; a toxic, non-inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, in dry cleaning and in fire extinguishers.

Translations

solvent

Finnish: hiilitetrakloridi (fi) German: Tetrachlormethan n., Tetrachlorkohlenstoff m. Greek: τετραχλωράνθρακας (el) (tetrachloránthrakas) m. Irish: teitreaclóiríd charbóin (ga) f.

Italian: tetracloruro di carbonio (it) Russian: четырёххлóристый углерод (ru) (četyrjoxxlóristyj ugleród) m. Spanish: tetracloruro de carbono

See also

• carbon tetrabromide
• carbon tetrafluoride
• carbon tetraiodide