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    Carbon tetrachloride, also known by many other names (such as carbon tet for short and tetrachloromethane, also recognised by the IUPAC), is a chemical...
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    reacts readily with water: SiCl4 + 2 H2O → SiO2 + 4 HCl In contrast, carbon tetrachloride does not hydrolyze readily. The reaction can be noticed on exposure...
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    4 CS2 → Na2C3S5 + Na2CS3 Chlorination of CS2 provides a route to carbon tetrachloride: CS2 + 3 Cl2 → CCl4 + S2Cl2 This conversion proceeds via the intermediacy...
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    following Michael Faraday's 1820 synthesis of protochloride of carbon (carbon tetrachloride). C2Cl6 → C2Cl4 + Cl2 Faraday was previously falsely credited...
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    content of activated carbon. Measurement of the porosity of an activated carbon by the adsorption of saturated carbon tetrachloride vapour. The finer the...
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    transparent, translucent, or opaque mix of mineral oil, paraffin wax, and carbon tetrachloride.p. 2, line 30 The clear water or mineral oil can optionally be coloured...
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    which used water or water-based solutions. They later invented a carbon tetrachloride model called the "Petrolex" which was marketed toward automotive...
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    Phosgene (redirect from Carbon oxychloride)
    ozone depletion. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) can turn into phosgene when exposed to heat in air. This was a problem as carbon tetrachloride is an effective...
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    In the gas phase, or when dissolved in nonpolar solvents such as carbon tetrachloride, the compound exists as covalently-bonded molecules O2N−O−NO2. In...
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  • (KSCN). The common carbon halides are carbon tetrafluoride (CF4), carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), carbon tetrabromide (CBr4), carbon tetraiodide (CI4), and...
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