double decomposition
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n.
A chemical reaction between two compounds in which the first and second parts of one reactant are united, respectively, with the second and first parts of the other reactant.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)
Synonyms: double decomposition reaction, metathesis
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 | hydrolytic process (chemistry) |
| metathesis |
| chemical reaction (process – in chemistry) |
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Mentioned in
- hydrolytic process (chemistry)
- metathesis
- chemical reaction (process – in chemistry)
- Auguste Laurent (French chemist)
- Pierre Louis Dulong
- Chemical garden
- Ammonium perchlorate
- Potassium perchlorate
- Sodium perchlorate
- Uracil
- Lead(II) nitrate
- Birefringence
