Shortages (in the technical sense) may be caused by: 1  Price ceilings, a type of price control which involves a government-imposed limit on the price of a product service. 2  Anti-price gouging laws. 3  Government ban on the sale of a product or service, such as prostitution or certain recreational drugs.
Noun. 1. addition reaction-a chemical reaction in which one molecule is added to another. chemical reaction, reaction - (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
1 Direct Combination or Synthesis Reaction. 2  In a synthesis reaction two or more chemical species combine to form a more complex product. 3  A + B â AB. 4  The combination of iron and sulfur to form iron (II) sulfide is an example of a synthesis reaction : An acid-base reaction is type of double displacement reaction that occurs between an acid and a base. 2  The H + ion in the acid reacts with the OH-ion in the base to form water and an ionic salt: 3  HA + BOH â H 2 O + BA. 4  The reaction between hydrobromic acid (HBr) and sodium hydroxide is an example of an acid-base reaction: