Trichloroethylene, o se faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitoa, o le vailaʻau vailaʻau o le C2HCl3, o le ethylene mole 3 hydrogen atoms ua suia e le chlorine ma faʻatupuina faʻapipiʻi, vai manino le lanu, e le mafai ona solu i le vai, soluble i ethanol, eter, miscible soluble i le tele o solvents organic, aemaise lava. faʻaaogaina e pei o se solvent, e mafai foi ona faʻaaogaina i le degreasing, faʻamaisaina, vailaau faʻamaʻi, mea manogi, alamanuia paʻu, fufulu ie ma isi.
O le Trichlorethylene, o se mea fa'aola fa'atasi ma le fua fa'a-kemikolo C2HCl3, o se vai e leai ni lanu ma manino. O lo'o fa'apipi'iina e ala i le suitulaga o ni fa'ama'i hydrogen e tolu i molela'au ethylene ma le chlorine. Faatasi ai ma lona solubility malosi, Trichlorethylene e mafai ona solo i le tele o solvents organic. E avea o se vailaʻau mataʻutia taua mo pisinisi eseese, aemaise lava i le tuʻufaʻatasia o polymers, paʻu chlorinated, paʻu faʻapipiʻi, ma resin faʻapipiʻi. Ae ui i lea, e taua tele le taulimaina o le Trichlorethylene ma le faʻaeteete ona o lona oona ma le carcinogenicity.