Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: double replacement reaction
  1. A chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound
    "The formation of barium sulphate precipitate is a classic example of a double replacement reaction"

Derived forms: double replacement reactions

Type of: double decomposition, double decomposition reaction, metathesis

Encyclopedia: Double replacement reaction