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What is hydrogenation?Explain its industrial application?
What is hydrogenation?Explain its industrial application?
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The addition of hydrogen to an unsaturated hydrocarbon is called hydrogenation. This process takes place in the presence of nickel or palladium metal as a catalyst.
Industrial application of hydrogenation-
a) It is used to prepare ghee from vegetable oil.
b) Vegetable oil such as groundnut, cotton seed oils are unsaturated and contain double bonds. On hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst, vegetable oil produces vanaspati ghee.
The addition of hydrogen to an unsaturated hydrocarbon is called hydrogenation. This process takes place in the presence of nickel or palladium metal as a catalyst.
Industrial application of hydrogenation-
a) It is used to prepare ghee from vegetable oil.
b) Vegetable oil such as groundnut, cotton seed oils are unsaturated and contain double bonds. On hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst, vegetable oil produces vanaspati ghee.
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