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Letter

Banned Solvents

Ian D. Rae

Chemicals Technical Options Committee, Montreal Protocol (United Nations Environment Programme), PASI, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia

J. Chem. Educ., 2009, 86 (6), p 689

DOI: 10.1021/ed086p689.2

Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2009

Abstract

Most academic chemists are unaware of the restrictions on the use of carbon tetrachloride (which also apply to methyl bromide and to 1,1,1-trichloroethane). It is important that the restrictions be brought to their attention and that academic chemists impart this knowledge to students working in their laboratories.