disproportionation
English
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Noun
disproportionation (countable and uncountable, plural disproportionations)
- (chemistry) A form of redox reaction in which part of a reactant is oxidized and part of it is reduced simultaneously
- (chemistry) A reaction wherein a single reactant generates two chemical species which are different from each other and the initial reactant.
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Translations
a form of redox reaction wherein the reactant is both oxidized and reduced
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