dehydrogenation
noun
de·hy·dro·ge·na·tion
| \ ˌdē-(ˌ)hī-ˌdrä-jə-ˈnā-shən
, (ˌ)dē-ˌhī-drə-jə-\
, (ˌ)dē-ˌhī-drə-jə-\
Definition of dehydrogenation
: the removal of hydrogen from a chemical compound
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Other Words from dehydrogenation
dehydrogenate
\ ˌdē-(ˌ)hī-ˈdrä-jə-ˌnāt
, (ˌ)dē-ˈhī-drə-jə- \
transitive verb
, (ˌ)dē-ˈhī-drə-jə- \
transitive verb
Examples of dehydrogenation in a Sentence
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Enterprise already is building a isobutane dehydrogenation plant in Mont Belvieu to create isobutylene that's used to make lubricants, rubber products, gasoline components and more. — Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle, "Enterprise Products expanding NGL facilities in Houston and Permian," 9 Jan. 2018 Enterprise also will finish construction this month on its new propane dehydrogenation plant in Mont Belvieu to churn out propylene, which is a primary building block of many plastics and chemicals. — Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle, "Enterprise Products' profits dip slightly from Harvey," 2 Nov. 2017 But, yes, PDH (propane dehydrogenation) and polypropylene is the next project. — Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle, "LyondellBasell plans new $2B chemicals and plastics project along Gulf Coast," 25 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dehydrogenation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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