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Old 28-04-22, 16:42
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Originally Posted by Chris Suslowicz View Post
Yikes!

If it's full of Carbon Tet (tetrachloromethane, CCl4) that's not something you want to keep around, because it does evaporate and is fairly nasty stuff. (If used on a fire you can get carbonyl chloride (Phosgene, COCl2) produced depending on the flame temperature, etc.

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Chris.
Chris

I was told once (not a chemist) that if you mix with water on a fire you can also get Chlorine gas.

As you say - nasty stuff - marginally better than getting burned though!

Tim
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