DISPROPORTIONATION

Disproportionation

Disproportionation is a specific type of redox reaction in which a species is simultaneously reduced and oxidized to form two different products.

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disproportionation

Noun

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


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