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Vegetable oils are liquid at room temp, while animal fats are solid.
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Why is saturated fatty acid mostly solid?
Loosely speaking, "saturated" in fats means "solid at room temperature".
What does a unsaturated fatty acid look like?
Refer to the related links for an illustration of a saturated fatty acid. It is an illustration of a saturated fatty acid. There are three saturated fatty acids.
How do you recognize saturated fatty acid?
They are usually hard or solid like butter, lard or margarine.
Fatty acid chains with all single bonds between carbon and hydrogens?
saturated fat. unsaturated has double bonds. thats why unsaturated in more healthy for you they can bend and flex. and saturated fats are solid at room temp
Is cholesterol an example of a saturated fatty acid?
no, it is not even a fatty acid.
What are fats called at room temperature when they are solid?
the presence of double boned carbons in fatty acid hydrocarbon chains and the degree of packing of fatty acid chains.
What causes an unsaturated fatty acid to have a different shape than an saturated fatty acid?
The double chain in the unsaturated fatty acid cause it to bent; unlike saturated fatty acid which has no double bond, is straight
What cause an unsaturated fatty acid to have a different shape than a saturated fatty acid?
The double chain in the unsaturated fatty acid cause it to bent; unlike saturated fatty acid which has no double bond, is straight
What is Tran?
an unsaturated fatty acid that has been changed to a saturated fatty acid
What fatty acid has no double bonds between carbon atoms?
A saturated fat. Saturated with hydrogen at the bonding site freed up by lack of carbon-carbon double bonds. This fat packs tightly and is solid at room temperature.
What cause an unsaturated fatty acid to have a different shape than a saturated acid?
The double chain in the unsaturated fatty acid cause it to bent; unlike saturated fatty acid which has no double bond, is straight
What is a saturated of a fatty acid?
Saturated fatty acids have only single carbon-carbon bonds.
