Question #9e3f1
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Jul 27, 2017
No. Hydration is the adding of water, hydrogenation is the addition of hydrogen.
Explanation:
Hydration example:
Some salts can have water molecules embedded in their crystal structure. Copper sulfate
Hydrogenation example:
In the preparation of margarine, oils may be hardened to fats by turning double carbon-carbon bonds into single. This is done by the addition of hydrogen (only one double bond is shown):
Of course there are many more examples of both.