hydrogenation

See also: hydrogénation

English

Etymology

From hydrogen +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

hydrogenation (countable and uncountable, plural hydrogenations)

1. (chemistry) The chemical reaction of hydrogen with another substance, especially with an unsaturated organic compound, and usually under the influence of temperature, pressure and catalysts.

Derived terms

• biohydrogenation
• dehydrogenation
• gem-hydrogenation
• rehydrogenation
• trans-hydrogenation

 

Translations

the chemical reaction of hydrogen with another substance

• Czech: hydrogenace f
• Dutch: hydrogenering
• Finnish: hydraus, vedytys
• French: hydrogénation (fr) f
• Galician: hidroxenación (gl) f
• Greek: υδρογόνωση (el) f (ydrogónosi)
• Hungarian: hidrogénezés (hu)
• Italian: idrogenazione (it) f
• Spanish: hidrogenación f
• Swedish: hydrogenering c