A displacement reaction is a chemical reaction in which the cation or anion of one reactant is replaced by one from another reactant.
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Reactant
Synonyms for "reactant"
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23 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- реагент noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 反應物 /反应物 noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Finnish
2 entries- lähtöaine noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
- reaktantti noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
French
1 entries- réactif noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
German
3 entries- Edukt noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
- Reagenz noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
- Reaktant noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Hebrew
1 entries- מֵגִיב noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Japanese
2 entries- 試剤 noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
- 試薬 noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Khmer
1 entries- ប្រតិករ noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Māori
2 entries- pūmatū hohe noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
- pūmatūhope noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- reaktant noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- reaktant noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Romanian
2 entries- reactant noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
- reactiv noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Russian
2 entries- реаге́нт noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
- реакти́в noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- reaktant noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Spanish
1 entries- reactivo noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Tagalog
1 entries- kabalibilos noun (participant at the start of a chemical reaction)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
A step change in the feed rate of one reactant results in a gradual change in the reaction rate.
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