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Tetrachloroethylene was created in 1839 in France. Her early life is unknown, but it is thought that she spent her early life with [[Carbon Tetrachloride]] who introduced her to dry-cleaning later in the 20th century (around the 1930s). Tetrachloroethylene had a career in veterinary medicine that started in 1925, right after C. Tetrachloride. Tetrachloroethylene loved dry-cleaning. She allowed [[Trichloroethylene]], who started dry-cleaning a decade before her, to work with her. Trichloroethylene saw Perchloroethylene as a rival and considered herself superior to Perchloroethylene. After Trichloroethylene lost her job in dry-cleaning, Tetrachloroethylene became more dominant in the area. There had been many other Chemicals that tried to overthrow her from dry-cleaning. Some Hydrocarbons, [[Trichlorotrifluoroethane]] 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 [[execution|executed]] for their crimes against the ozone layer.

[[File:TCEPCECTC1925.png|thumb|left|Tetrachloroethylene (centre) with Trichloroethylene (left) and C. Tetrachloride (right), Germany, 1925]]

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.

 

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