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How hydrogen gas help to make vegetable ghee​

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The vegetable oils are liquid at room temperature. They contain double bonds. During hydrogenation double bonds break hydrogen is introduced and form vegetable ghee.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hydrogenation:

It is the chemical process in which hydrogen is introduced in unsaturated hydrocarbons in the presence of catalyst Ni.

Simple hydrogenation reaction:

H₂C = CH₂ + H₂ → CH₃-CH₃

Ni

Hydrogenation is used on industrial level in the production of vegetable ghee.

The unsaturated hydrocarbons, fatty acids undergoes hydrogenation and form ghee.

The vegetable oils are liquid at room temperature. They contain double bonds. During hydrogenation double bonds break hydrogen is introduced and form vegetable ghee.

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