hydrogenate
Infuse with hydrogen
To hydrogenate is to combine a substance with hydrogen, typically by forcing hydrogen gas through it under pressure in the presence of a catalyst.
The process is used industrially to convert liquid vegetable oils into solid fats: hydrogenated oils, partially hydrogenated shortening.
Hydrogenation also appears in petroleum refining and chemical manufacturing.
Unsaturated hydrocarbons with C=C
- unsaturatedNot fully saturated
- bondsTies that unite
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
- double bondTwo shared electron pairs
triple bond · cis · trans · aromatic · benzene
Vegetable oil spread
- shorteningReducing length or duration
- trans fatUnsaturated lipid, harmful isomer
- saturated fatFully hydrogenated dietary lipid
- vegetable oilPlant-derived culinary lipid
soybean oil · canola oil · palm oil · spreadable · Crisco · food processing · shelf life · melting point
Agent enabling change
- palladiumElement forty-six, catalytic metal
- nickelElement twenty-eight, or coin
- platinumDense precious silvery metal
- pressureForce upon contact
reactor · temperature · kinetics · adsorption · activation · selectivity · exothermic · substrate
alkenes
Unsaturated hydrocarbons with C=C
- unsaturatedNot fully saturated
- bondsTies that unite
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
double bond · triple bond · cis · trans · aromatic · benzene
margarine
Vegetable oil spread
- shorteningReducing length or duration
- trans fatUnsaturated lipid, harmful isomer
- saturated fatFully hydrogenated dietary lipid
vegetable oil · soybean oil · canola oil · palm oil · spreadable · Crisco · food processing · shelf life · melting point · triglyceride
catalyst
Agent enabling change
- palladiumElement forty-six, catalytic metal
- nickelElement twenty-eight, or coin
- platinumDense precious silvery metal
pressure · reactor · temperature · kinetics · adsorption · activation · selectivity · exothermic · substrate · saturation
refinery
Industrial purification facility
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- desulfurizationRemoving sulfur from substances
naphtha · gasoline · diesel · jet fuel · kerosene · upgrading · bitumen · octane · petrochemical · feedstock
- hydrogenated oilsFats altered with added atoms
- hydrogenated fatOil made solid chemically
hydrogenation, hydrogenated, hydrogenates, hydrogenating, dehydrogenated