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dehydrogenation

American  
[dee-hahy-druh-juhn-ay-shuhn, dee-hahy-drah-] / diˌhaɪ drə dʒənˈeɪ ʃən, ˌdi haɪˌdrɑ- /

noun

dehydrogenations plural
  1. the act or process of dehydrogenating.


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Current methods to assess the efficiency of hydrogen storage materials rely on dehydrogenation enthalpy and energy barriers, with the latter being particularly complex and computationally intensive to calculate.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2024

Ultimately, they were able to determine the reaction conditions that favored this oxygenation or "lactonization" over the dehydrogenation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2024

It also launched its twelfth natural gas liquids fractionator and its second propane dehydrogenation plant in Chambers County, Texas.

From Reuters • Aug. 1, 2023

The dehydrogenation of oil forms the trans fat, which contains single bonds in its structure.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Trans fat is produced by dehydrogenation of oils, which makes it unsaturated.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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