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What is the industrial application of hydrogenation?

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In industries, hydrogenation is used to reduce vegetable oils to vanaspati ghee. Vanaspati ghee is used as a substitute for ghee or butter containing animal fats which are harmful to our health and is cheaper than butter. Vegetable oils are unsaturated and they are hydrogenated in the presence of catalysts like nickel or palladium. The chemical reaction can be represented by the equation:

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