Abstract
“FAT hardening” and “hydrogenation” are the trade terms for the chemical process of saturating liquid oils with hydrogen in presence of finely divided nickel. These operations, which a few years ago were conducted with great secrecy, are now regarded as more or less normal in every soap factory, and the usual extensive literature has grown up to describe them. Much of this is naturally diffuse, and much again inaccurate, so that there was ample room for an authoritative book on the subject. This was provided by Carleton Ellis in 1914, but since its publication the strides made in the oil-hardening industry have been very great, making a second edition, which endeavours to bring the subject up to date and offers suggestions of future possibilities, more than welcome.
The Hydrogenation of Oils: Catalyzers and Catalysis and the Generation of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
By Carleton Ellis. Second edition, thoroughly revised and enlarged. Pp. xvii + 767. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1919.) Price 36s. net.
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A., E. The Hydrogenation of Oils: Catalyzers and Catalysis and the Generation of Hydrogen and Oxygen . Nature 104, 494 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/104494a0
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