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______ of vegetable oils using nickel as catalyst gives edible fats 

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Option: 1

Halogenation 


Option: 2

Nitration 


Option: 3

Hydrogenation 


Option: 4

Hydroformylation 


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As we have learned

Hydrogen reacts with Unsaturated hydrocarbons in presence of catalyst Ni/Pt/Pd

 CH_2 = CH_2 + H_2 \xrightarrow[catalyst ]{Ni } CH_3 - CH_3

Unsaturated oil + H_2 \xrightarrow[catalyst ]{Ni}  saturated fat 

Therefore, option (3) is correct.

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