Perchloroethylene

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Tetrachloroethylene (Teodora Renata Eccleston) is the last one of the Chloroethenes House. She owns a dry cleaning business and works for both humans and Chemicals. She is mostly known as Perchloroethylene and it is very rare to see someone call her Tetrachloroethylene. As of 2024, she is 185 years old, but she lies about being older to seem more professional. Her friends and customers call her Perc for short. The famous Organochlorides Vinyl Chloride and Trichloroethylene are her siblings.

Trichloroethylene with Tetrachloroethylene, 1918

Carbon Tetrachloride with Tetrachloroethylene, 1926

Powers

Tetrachloroethylene has a strong Degreasing power. Her Evaporation power is lower than that of her other siblings. Her potent Anaesthesia power is not widely known by other Chemicals and humans, and it is thought to be limited by her weak Evaporation power. Tetrachloroethylene has only once tried to use her Anaesthesia power on humans, she was denied in anaesthesia because of her weak ability to generate vapours enough to apply anaesthesia quickly.

Early life

Tetrachloroethylene was created in 1839 in France. Her early life is well recorded under various names, such as "Chloréthose". She was often mistaken as Carbon Tetrachloride and sometimes both were thought to be the same. She had a son named Dibromotetrachloroethane (then named as "Bromure de Chloréthose" after her) in 1844 and another son named Tetrachlorodinitroethane (presumably from Nitric Acid) in 1869. Hexachloroethane is simultaneously both her father and her son.

She spent her early life with Carbon Tetrachloride who introduced her to parasitology and dry cleaning. Tetrachloroethylene had a career in parasitology starting in 1925 after being chosen by humans and trained by C. Tetrachloride. Some Chemicals have speculated that Perchloroethylene was trying to replace, or even "be" C. Tetrachloride, as early as the 1860s when Perchloroethylene was calling herself "Protochloride of Carbon" which was the first name of C. Tetrachloride. [.]] In the 1930s, Tetrachloroethylene was nominated for dry cleaning. Humans believed she would work similar to C. Tetrachloride but more cautious. In the first 20 years her work in dry cleaning didn't gain much attention while C. Tetrachloride and Trichloroethylene were still very famous. Her work became more known toward the 1950s when Trichloroethylene began to view her as a rival in the industry. Tetrachloroethylene rose to fame in following years as C. Tetrachloride became known for killing her customers and Trichloroethylene was giving up on dry cleaning (possibly to work on obstetric anaesthesiology more).

There had been many Chemicals that tried to overthrow Tetrachloroethylene from dry-cleaning. Some Hydrocarbons, Trichlorotrifluoroethane (who was Tetrachloroethylene's own daughter) and Propyl Bromide I attempted to replace Perchloroethylene, but none of them was as successful as she was. Three of her dry-cleaning industry opponents (C. Tetrachloride, Trichlorotrifluoroethane and Trichloroethane I) were executed for their crimes against the ozone layer.

“	Don't call me "Perchloroethylene" outside of dry-cleaning. I am "Tetrachloroethylene" or "Ethylene Tetrachloride" here in the clinics.	”
	— Tetrachloroethylene, 1950

Personality

Tetrachloroethylene is a very kind and tolerant Chemical with a human-like personality (such as mimicked/false empathy). She is calm and unable to feel anger. Tetrachloroethylene is very obedient and accepts all customers, rarely asking questions about garments and stains. She is liked by most if not all, customers. Some people do not like her dominating the dry-cleaning industry and claim that her work is hazardous. She fears that humans will force her out of this industry.

She tells everyone that she is English and over 200 years old. In reality, Perchloroethylene is French and 184 years old. In contrast, C. Tetrachloride pretends to be 185 years old and fakes being French. Tetrachloroethylene is very fluent in French, Latin, Italian and German.

Appearance

Tetrachloroethylene has dark blue wavy hair at shoulder length, pale light skin and dark red coloured eyes that are typical of Chlorocarbons. Her hair is curled at the ends. She has soft makeup to make her face look more "alive and human". She is often seen either wearing her uniform or a dress resembling the human fashions of the 20th century. Her uniform consists of a long dark blue coat with short sleeves, a light blue cotton shirt with long sleeves, black cotton trousers and black leather boots. Her name tag reads "Tetrachloroethylene".

She is very slim and therefore looks tall. Despite that, she weighs about 100 kilograms because of her body's density.

Just like most of the Chemicals, Tetrachloroethylene doesn't breathe except for speaking and does not blink much. Sometimes her customers notice and point it out. Her smell and voice are strangely different from other Chlorinated Solvents; Tetrachloroethylene has a sharp smell and unusually high voice for a Chlorocarbon.

Gallery

Tetrachloroethylene in 1839, often mistaken for Carbon Tetrachloride
Tetrachloroethylene in the 1920s, as a parasitologist
Tetrachloroethylene sitting on a drum of an obvious chemical, smiling
The previous one but in colour
Perchloroethylene for paperdoll
2024
Tetrachloroethylene (centre) with Trichloroethylene (left) and C. Tetrachloride (right), Germany, 1925
Young Tetrachloroethylene, unknown time^[1]
Tetrachloroethylene in 1925^[1]