Definition of double decomposition in US English:
double decomposition
nounˈdəbəl ˈˌdiˌkɑmpəˈˌzɪʃən
Chemistry another term for metathesis (sense 2)
Example sentencesExamples
- His analysis led him to the conclusion that in, for example, a double decomposition of a salt, the proportions of the products was provided by the proportions of the reagents.
- This can be obtained in small quantities by adding citric acid to silver nitrate, but more easily by double decomposition of a soluble citrate and silver nitrate.
- The diazonium group can also be replaced by halogen, cyano, or pseudohalogen groups or atoms in a double decomposition reaction called Sandmeyer's reaction.