Betekenis van:
reaction formation

reaction formation
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them
    "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive"

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    1. the risk assessment shows that risks are not expected although concerns for risks related to the violent behaviour of the concentrated substance on contact with water and the potential formation of hydrogen on reaction of less than 65 % solutions of the substance with metals have been raised.
    2. Moisten the ashes with water and transfer these in a beaker of 250 ml. Wash the crucible out with a total of about 5 ml of hydrochloric acid (3.1) and add the latter slowly and carefully to the beaker (there may be a vigorous reaction due to CO2 formation).