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hydrodesulfurization

hydrodesulfurization noun: a process for lowering the sulfur content of petroleum and similar products by catalytic hydrogenation, sulfur compounds being converted to hydrogen sulfide.

Noun

hydrodesulfurization (usually uncountable, plural hydrodesulfurizations)

  1. (usually) a process for lowering the sulfur content of petroleum and similar products by catalytic hydrogenation, sulfur compounds being converted to hydrogen sulfide

Forms of hydrodesulfurization

pluralhydrodesulfurizations

Origin of hydrodesulfurization

From hydro- + desulfurization.

Questions about hydrodesulfurization

What does hydrodesulfurization mean?
Hydrodesulfurization means a process for lowering the sulfur content of petroleum and similar products by catalytic hydrogenation, sulfur compounds being converted to hydrogen sulfide.
What part of speech is hydrodesulfurization?
Hydrodesulfurization is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrodesulfurization?
The plural of hydrodesulfurization is hydrodesulfurizations.

Words near hydrodesulfurization in the dictionary

  1. hydrodeoxygenation
  2. hydrodeoxygenations
  3. hydroderivative
  4. hydroderivatives
  5. hydrodesulfurisation
  6. hydrodesulfurization
  7. hydrodesulfurizations
  8. hydrodesulfurize
  9. hydrodesulfurized
  10. hydrodesulfurizes
  11. hydrodesulfurizing

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