What do you understand by the terms: Hydrogenation. - Vidyadip

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What do you understand by the terms:
Hydrogenation.

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Hydrogenation: Hydrogenation is the addition of dihydrogen to another reactant. This process is used to reduce a compound in the presence of a suitable catalyst.
For example: hydrogenation of vegetable oil using nickel as a catalyst gives edible fats such as vanaspati, ghee etc.

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