Definition of Double decomposition reaction

1. Noun. A chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB).

Exact synonyms: Double Decomposition, Metathesis
Generic synonyms: Chemical Reaction, Reaction
Specialized synonyms: Double Replacement Reaction

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Decomposition Reaction

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double dagger
double daggers
double damages
double dare
double dared
double dares
double daring
double date
double dated
double dates
double dating
double deal
double decomposition
double decomposition reaction (current term)
double denim
double digestion
double digit
double digits
double dildo
double dipper
double dipping
double displacement mechanism
double dog dare
double door
double doors
double double
double down
double dozen

Literary usage of Double decomposition reaction

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introduction to General Chemistry by Herbert Newby McCoy, Ethel Mary Terry (1920)
"... that the following reactions are possible, in and that a double decomposition reaction, AB+CD^AD+CB, IV ill take place to a greater or less extent. ..."

2. Theories of Organic Chemistry by Ferdinand August Karl Henrich (1922)
"... apparent double decomposition reaction by which we obtain a compound in which the radical R(CnH2n+i) is joined to the cyanogen group by means of carbon. ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... The mechanism was not discussed ; however, the formation was depicted as a double decomposition reaction of chlorobenzene and sodium phenolate. ..."

4. Laboratory Experiments in Chemistry to Accompany Black and Conant's by Newton Henry Black (1920)
"A double decomposition reaction will go to an end, ie is complete, (1) if one of the products is volatile, (2) if one of the products is insoluble, ..."

5. Chemical Reactions: Their Theory and Mechanism by Kaufman George Falk (1920)
"They may also be classed together as the same type of so-called "double decomposition" reaction. It is also evident from this point of view that esters may ..."

6. Chemical Reactions: Their Theory and Mechanism by Kaufman George Falk (1920)
"They may also be classed together as the same type of so-called "double decomposition" reaction. It is also evident from this point of view that esters may ..."

7. The Electronic Conception of Valence and the Constitution of Benzene by Harry Shipley Fry (1921)
"The chlorination, nitration, or sulphonation of benzene likewise would conform to the ionic scheme for a double decomposition reaction :— HOX ^ HO + X CH. ..."

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