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How is carbon tetrachloride used?

Updated: 9/11/2023
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It used to be used as a dry cleaning solvent and as a refrigerant. It was also put in lava lamps and small fire extinguishers. It was found to be poisonous in 1940 and was used as a pesticide to kill bugs in stored grains, but i was banned in consumer products in the USA.

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