hydrogenate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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To treat or combine chemically an unsaturated compound with hydrogen. Liquid vegetable oils are often hydrogenated to turn them into solids.
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To turn coal into oil by combining its carbon with hydrogen to form hydrocarbons.
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“The purpose of life,” meeting co-organizer and Caltech cosmologist Sean Carroll said in his opening remarks, “is to hydrogenate carbon dioxide.”
From Scientific American ● Sep. 24, 2011
These foods don’t resemble their raw ingredients and are typically high in high-fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, synthetic preservatives, artificial flavors, emulsifiers and other additives not found in raw, whole foods.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2024
Partially hydrogenated oils are found in ultra-processed foods like margarine, vegetable shortening, coffee creamers, packaged snacks, baked foods, ready-to-use dough and fried foods, according to Healthline.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2023
First, try to find a dough made with butter rather than hydrogenated oils.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2022
Partially hydrogenated oils were found in shortening, as well as a bevy of other processed and restaurant foods.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2022
Among them are the corn-fed chicken itself; modified cornstarch; mono-, tri-, and diglycerides; dextrose; lecithin; yellow corn flour; regular cornstarch; vegetable shortening; partially hydrogenated corn oil.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
"This results in the synthesis of single-phase hydride thin films by fully hydrogenating the metal atoms that naturally tend to persist in the film."
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
It has previously been pointed out that potassium stearate forms an ideal lather for shaving, and in the hydrogenating process the olein is converted to stearine.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.
Thus fish or train oils which had up to the time of oil hydrogenating resisted all attempts of being permanently deodorized, can now be employed very satisfactorily for soap manufacture.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.
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