Essays on Hydrogenation

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The composition of the foods people consume has a significant influence on their health. Whole certain components in certain foods offer protection against the development of certain disease conditions, the consumption of other components at certain levels might predispose one to certain diseases and disease conditions. The processing industries have a role to inform the consumer of the ingredients in their food products. This is necessary for the consumer to make informed decisions about their dietary choices. This requirement is enforced by the role through regulations passed by government agencies. Even then, certain compounds that are present in processed ...

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In this experiment, benzene was treated with hydrogen in the presence of Pt/SiO2 as an example that can be applied on industrial operations to show that the most recently modernized methods of neutron total scattering that cover a wide Q-range allow the use of appropriate catalytic chemistry that can be measured on time domain to probe directly on site the hydrogenation of benzene within the catalyst pore. Based on this method, it is possible to study the rates of reaction on length scales that can provide measurements equivalent to the size of an atom or a nanometre. Furthermore, the ...

In the 21st century, the issues about healthy eating habits are becoming common amongst people. Most people are not practicing a healthy diet nor are they concerned about what they eat. Manufactured food is now common with almost everyone for their “ready to eat” perception, time is an issue for many, and they result in feeding on junk. The quality of manufactured food is not up to standards since everyone is out there to make money. Therefore, there is less concern about what is available for the consumer. It is not clear whether this blame should be laid with ...

Research on Functional Food

Trans Fat Fact Sheet Can trans fat in the frying soybean oil be converted to cis form? Yes, the partial hydrogenation can produce trans-fats because of the mechanism of reaction. First single hydrogen is added to the other unsaturated carbon upon attaching itself to the catalyst. Second, hydrogen will be added to the remaining carbon to produce the saturated fatty acid. The first step can be reversed when the hydrogen is reabsorbed on the catalyst and when the reforming of the double happened. The one with only a single hydrogen attached will have no double bond thus can ...