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disproportionation

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  • noun chemistry A form of redox reaction in which part of a reactant is oxidized and part of it is reduced simultaneously
  • noun chemistry A reaction wherein a single reactant generates two chemical species which are different from each other and the initial reactant.

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  • However, it has been recently suggested that disproportionation of

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  • They are also produced by the disproportionation of toluene.

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  • It is typically extracted from refineries 'gasoline blending pools, but can also be produced from toluene disproportionation.

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  • COOPRERATE. and quit with the black and hispanic disproportionation already, the police don't have x-ray vision, they're unable to determine "race" before they pull someone over.

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  • They are also produced by the disproportionation of toluene.

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  • "The reason is that the air cells in the air filled emulsion have a robust surface structure, given by the hydrophobin film, and this helps prevent disproportionation and ripening, over 45 days in our study.

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  • "The reason is that the air cells in the air filled emulsion have a robust surface structure, given by the hydrophobin film, and this helps prevent disproportionation and ripening, over 45 days in our study.

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  • "The reason is that the air cells in the air filled emulsion have a robust surface structure, given by the hydrophobin film, and this helps prevent disproportionation and ripening, over 45 days in our study.

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  • "The reason is that the air cells in the air filled emulsion have a robust surface structure, given by the hydrophobin film, and this helps prevent disproportionation and ripening, over 45 days in our study.

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