After a little Google searching I found these type of solvents are detrimental to aluminum and zinc derivative parts and castings. This type of solvent shows up as the following homogenate hydrocarbon solvents:
- Methyl chloride
- Dichloromethane
- 1.2 - dichloromethane
- Carbon tetrachloride
- Trichloethylene
- 1.1.1 - trichloroethane
John
1.1.1 - trichloroethane hopefully you will be hard pushed to find any of this these days. it was banned as it has a habbit of eating wholes in the ozone layer.
here is what wickipeadia has to say it does to us (not a reason to ban it)
SafetyAlthough not as toxic as many similar compounds, inhaled or ingested 1,1,1-trichloroethane does act as a central nervous system depressant and can cause effects similar to those of intoxication, including dizziness, confusion, and in sufficiently high concentrations, unconsciousness and death.
Fatal poisonings have been reported. and illness linked to trichloroethane from intentional inhalation in the 1980s. The removal of the chemical from correction fluid commenced due to Proposition 65 declaring it hazardous and toxic
Prolonged skin contact with the liquid can result in the removal of fats from the skin, resulting in chronic skin irritation. Studies on laboratory animals have shown that 1,1,1-trichloroethane is not retained in the body for long periods of time. However, chronic exposure has been linked to abnormalities in the liver, kidneys, and heart. Pregnant women should avoid exposure, as the compound has been linked to birth defects in laboratory animals (see teratogenesis).