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Sunflower oil can be partially hydrogenated to soft margarine.

The catalyst has the effect of isomerising some of the cis alkenes to trans alkenes.
Sunflower
Oil
  +  
H2
  +  
Ni
        
Soft
Margarine
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Addition
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Hydrogenation, catalytic

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