Re: Paint Stripper.
I agree with Goldie99 here. Common, or trivial, chemical names are a pain, though sometimes better understood over the somewhat pedantic systematic names. For completeness, the chemicals that involve one carbon atom, up to four hydrogen atoms and from zero to four chlorine atoms are:
Methane - one carbon, four hydrogen atoms - a gas (also called marsh-gas).
Chloromethane - one carbon, three hydrogen and one chlorine atom - a gas (also called methyl chloride).
Dichloromethane - one carbon, two hydrogen and two chlorine atoms - a volatile liquid (also called methylene chloride or methylene dichloride).
Trichloromethane - one carbon, one hydrogen and three chlorine atoms - a volatile liquid (also called chloroform).
Tetrachloromethane - one carbon, four chlorine atoms - a volatile liquid (also called carbon tetrachloride).
The chlorine-containing ones are pretty much all limited in sale to qualified, responsible customers who are aware of the various hazards including toxicity and depletion of the ozone levels in the atmosphere.
Colin.
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