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disproportionation

/ˌdɪsprəˌpɔːrʃəˈneɪʃən/

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noun

Dismutación

A form of redox reaction in which part of a reactant is oxidized and part of it is reduced simultaneously

Examples :

"The silver tarnish cleaner uses disproportionation to convert silver sulfide (Ag₂S) back into metallic silver (Ag) and silver sulfate (Ag₂SO₄), where some silver atoms gain electrons and some lose electrons at the same time. "

El limpiador de deslustre de plata utiliza la dismutación para convertir el sulfuro de plata (Ag₂S) de nuevo en plata metálica (Ag) y sulfato de plata (Ag₂SO₄), donde algunos átomos de plata ganan electrones y otros los pierden simultáneamente.

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Illustration disproportionation - Image 1

noun

Dismutación

A reaction wherein a single reactant generates two chemical species which are different from each other and the initial reactant.

Examples :

"The silver tarnish removal involved a disproportionation, where some silver oxide was converted to silver metal and some to silver ions in solution. "

La eliminación del deslustre de la plata implicó una dismutación, donde parte del óxido de plata se convirtió en plata metálica y parte en iones de plata en solución.

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