Product Description
Chloroform is a colorless liquid with a pleasant, nonirritating odor and a slightly sweet taste. Chloroform or trichloromethane (often abbreviated as TCM), is an organochloride with the formula CHCl3 and a common solvent. It is a very volatile, colorless, strong-smelling, dense liquid produced on a large scale as a precursor to refrigerants and PTFE
Application
Chloroform is mainly used as a raw material in the production of hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 (HCFC 22), as a production and extraction solvent especially in the pharmaceutical industry (e.g., in the extraction of penicillin and other antibiotics), and it is also used as a solvent, degreasing agent, or chemical intermediate in industries like adhesives, pesticides, fats, oils, etc.
