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Double displacement

A double displacement or metathesis is a reaction in which two reactants trade fragments:

AB + CD = AC + BD

Most commonly, the fragments are ions, e.g.

AgNO3(aq) + NaCl(aq) = AgCl(s) + NaNO3(aq)

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