English Explanatory Dictionary

disproportionation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Word forms

disproportionation disproportionations

Etymology

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

Related words

comproportionation dismutation
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