What is the chemical equation for butter?

Answer 1

Fat is actually not a compound, it is a mixture of many esterified acids called 'fatty acids'. But it is basically a triglyceride, a triester of Glycerol (C3H5(OH)3) with fatty acids (R):

CH2ORCHOR'CH2OR

The symbol R represents 'aliphatic carboxyl groups' with linear, even numbered, alkane or alkene chains.

General formula -C(O)-(CH2)2n-CH3 with n=0,1,2,3....

Some examples of possible fatty acids (esterified, all very common in milk fat)

Stearate (from stearic acid): -C(O)-(CH2)16-CH3 with n=8, so 'octadecanoate'

Caproate (from Caproic acid): -C(O)-(CH2)4-CH3 with n=2, so 'hexanoate'

Butyrate (from Butyric acid): -C(O)-(CH2)2-CH3 with n=1, so 'butanoate'

Answer 2

Butter has no molecular formula because it is composed of a number of different things. One is butterfat, which has over half a dozen different saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. There is a bit of water in it, and also a bunch of milk proteins, too. Butter is a mixture of many triglycerides, and basically a natural product full of concentrated fats. Originally the fats would have been in Cis formation, but, on manufacturing process where hydrogenation takes place, trans configuration occurs results in transfatty acids. The main fatty acid is oleic, other is steric, laurecic (sorry for misspelling here). Remember during manufacturing the unsaturated fat is given an hydrogen to make the liquid more solid eg butter.

Answer 3

There is no chemical formula for butter because it is not a chemical. Butter is a mixture, and there are different kinds with different mixtures.

Answer 4

Butter is a quite complex substance, not a pure compound. There's NO chemical formula for it, therefore.

Answer 5

Butter consists of fat, milk, and water. The milk usually comes from a cow, but it can come from other animals as well.

Answer 6

From what I have found there is not a chemical equation for butter or margarin, because they are both such a complicated substance. I do know that it contains hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen.

Answer 7

Butter cream is a mixture not a compound.

Answer 8

carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen