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I hope the old name "ethylene dichloride" is phased out soon, as it implies a double bond where there isn't one (compare to ethylene). 1,2-dichloroethane is definitely less misleading. Eddietoran ( talk) 02:57, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
While the chemical is banned from use by U.S. manufacturers
The chemical may be banned from use as an additive, but it is certainly not banned from use by manufacturers in the US as an intermediate or as a raw material. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of ethylene dichloride are consumed in the US every year for the manufacture of PVC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.225.149.5 ( talk) 14:56, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
This compound is almost exclusively known as DCE in the chemical literature. I know DCA would make it clearer than DCE (to distinguish from dichloroethene), but the fact of the matter is general usage states it's DCE.
For example, the following is a good example (behind paywall, though). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.200462207/full
Comparing searches on Google Scholar as well gives me the following. I only included since 2010 to get a feel of the current usage of things. Still, results are similar regardless of timeline: Searching 'dichloroethane DCA' gives 814 results ( http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=dichloroethane+DCA&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_ylo=2010) Searching 'dichloroethane DCE' gives 8320 results ( http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=dichloroethane+DCE&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_ylo=2010)
We shouldn't be calling it DCA on this page, and I've changed it back to DCE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stever Augustus ( talk • contribs) 22:43, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
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When I worked in the environmental cleanup industry, this was a constant issue because dichloroethane and dichloroethene are common groundwater contaminants. To distinguish the two, in the environmental field DCE is used exclusively for dichloroethene and DCA is used for dichloroethane. There is plenty of evidence in the scientific literature that DCA is used as an abbreviation for dichloroethane. Here are a few examples: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24468425 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10388710 http://aem.asm.org/content/65/7/3108.full -- Ed ( Edgar181) 14:55, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
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During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!
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During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!
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During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!
-- JeffGBot ( talk) 15:27, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
I hope the old name "ethylene dichloride" is phased out soon, as it implies a double bond where there isn't one (compare to ethylene). 1,2-dichloroethane is definitely less misleading. Eddietoran ( talk) 02:57, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
While the chemical is banned from use by U.S. manufacturers
The chemical may be banned from use as an additive, but it is certainly not banned from use by manufacturers in the US as an intermediate or as a raw material. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of ethylene dichloride are consumed in the US every year for the manufacture of PVC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.225.149.5 ( talk) 14:56, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
This compound is almost exclusively known as DCE in the chemical literature. I know DCA would make it clearer than DCE (to distinguish from dichloroethene), but the fact of the matter is general usage states it's DCE.
For example, the following is a good example (behind paywall, though). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.200462207/full
Comparing searches on Google Scholar as well gives me the following. I only included since 2010 to get a feel of the current usage of things. Still, results are similar regardless of timeline: Searching 'dichloroethane DCA' gives 814 results ( http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=dichloroethane+DCA&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_ylo=2010) Searching 'dichloroethane DCE' gives 8320 results ( http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=dichloroethane+DCE&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_ylo=2010)
We shouldn't be calling it DCA on this page, and I've changed it back to DCE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stever Augustus ( talk • contribs) 22:43, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
References
When I worked in the environmental cleanup industry, this was a constant issue because dichloroethane and dichloroethene are common groundwater contaminants. To distinguish the two, in the environmental field DCE is used exclusively for dichloroethene and DCA is used for dichloroethane. There is plenty of evidence in the scientific literature that DCA is used as an abbreviation for dichloroethane. Here are a few examples: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24468425 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10388710 http://aem.asm.org/content/65/7/3108.full -- Ed ( Edgar181) 14:55, 5 January 2018 (UTC)