displacement reaction


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Noun1.displacement reaction - (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
chemical reaction, reaction - (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"
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Elemental copper was then precipitated out of solution through a metal displacement reaction carried out by the addition of magnesium metal (Equation 2).
To overcome these issues, other instrumental techniques used included pulsed electrochemical detection on gold electrode [16, 17], mass spectrometric detection [2], evaporative light scattering detection [18], post-column ligand displacement reaction with fluorescence detection [19] and chemiluminescence detection [20].
Webber, "Polymer syntheses via aromatic nitro displacement reaction," Journal of Polymer Science, vol.
The displacement reaction of coordinated (BIMP) by inosine and inosine57-monophosphate, taken as representative examples of DNA constituents, is investigated.
The extrapolation of physical attributes of substances to the submicroscopic level of representation was evident when students explained the changes in the displacement reaction between zinc powder and aqueous copper (II) sulfate.
OrmeSTAR Ultra bonds with copper without a displacement reaction, ensuring long bath life, no microvoids and no solder mask interface attack.
IAg is deposited directly on the copper surface by a chemical displacement reaction. The immersion silver processes available in the industry all co-deposit an organic anti-tarnish with the immersion silver.