disproportionation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A form of redox reaction in which part of a reactant is oxidized and part of it is reduced simultaneously
  2. (countable, uncountable) A reaction wherein a single reactant generates two chemical species which are different from each other and the initial reactant.

Synonyms

disproportionating reaction

Translations

dismutation

تحول المركب الى عنصرين

desproporcionació

Disproportionierüng

Etymology

Possibly from disproportion + -ation, or from disproportionate + -ion.

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