double replacement reaction

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   a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound

   Broaderdouble decomposition

Questions about double replacement reaction

What does double replacement reaction mean?

double replacement reaction means "a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound".

Is double replacement reaction a common word?

double replacement reaction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.