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Hydrocarbon vs Hydrodenitrification - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | hydrodenitrification |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and hydrodenitrification

is that hydrocarbon is (organic chemistry) a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while hydrodenitrification is (chemistry) a chemical engineering process in which hydrotreating is used to reduce the nitrogen content of hydrocarbons during oil refining.

hydrocarbon

English

(wikipedia hydrocarbon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.

    • Derived terms

    * fluorochlorohydrocarbon * hydrocarbonaceous * hydrocarbonic

    Hyponyms

    * alkane * alkene * alkyne * cycloalkane * cycloalkene * arene

    See also

    * aliphatic * aromatic * petroleum

    hydrodenitrification

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) A chemical engineering process in which hydrotreating is used to reduce the nitrogen content of hydrocarbons during oil refining

    • Synonyms

    * hydrodenitrogenation