Applications
Copper(II) chloride is used as a catalyst for organic and inorganic reactions, mordant for dyeing and printing materials, pigment for glass, ceramics, as wood preservative, as disinfectant, and as a catalyst in the output of chlorine from hydrogen chloride. It is likewise employed in the oil industry as a purifying agent, in the manufacture of laundry marking inks, in metallurgy to recover mercury from ores, in refining copper, silver and gold, in tinting baths of iron and tin, in photography, in pyrotechnics, and to get rid of lead compounds from gasoline and oils.

Solubility
Soluble in water, methanol and ethanol.

Notes
Incompatible with materials such as oxidizing agents, metals and acids.