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carbon tetrachloride

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a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined

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For instance, carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) etches silicon and aluminium, and trifluoromethane etches silicon dioxide and silicon nitride. Source: Internet

The industrial toxin carbon tetrachloride and the wild mushroom Amanita phalloides are other known hepatotoxins. Source: Internet

Personal life and death On 14 October 1962, Kenneth's father, Charlie Williams, was taken to hospital after drinking carbon tetrachloride that had been stored in a cough-mixture bottle. Source: Internet

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