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hydrodeoxygenation

hydrodeoxygenation noun: a chemical engineering process in which hydrotreating is used to reduce the oxygen content of hydrocarbons (present as alcohols, aldehydes etc) during oil refining.

Noun

hydrodeoxygenation (countable and uncountable, plural hydrodeoxygenations)

  1. A chemical engineering process in which hydrotreating is used to reduce the oxygen content of hydrocarbons (present as alcohols, aldehydes etc) during oil refining.

Forms of hydrodeoxygenation

pluralhydrodeoxygenations

Origin of hydrodeoxygenation

From hydro- + deoxygenation.

Questions about hydrodeoxygenation

What does hydrodeoxygenation mean?
Hydrodeoxygenation means a chemical engineering process in which hydrotreating is used to reduce the oxygen content of hydrocarbons (present as alcohols, aldehydes etc) during oil refining.
What part of speech is hydrodeoxygenation?
Hydrodeoxygenation is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrodeoxygenation?
The plural of hydrodeoxygenation is hydrodeoxygenations.

Words near hydrodeoxygenation in the dictionary

  1. hydrodensitometry
  2. hydrodeoxygenate
  3. hydrodeoxygenated
  4. hydrodeoxygenates
  5. hydrodeoxygenating
  6. hydrodeoxygenation
  7. hydrodeoxygenations
  8. hydroderivative
  9. hydroderivatives
  10. hydrodesulfurisation
  11. hydrodesulfurization

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