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They have the maximum number of hydrogen atoms.

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They have the maximum number of hydrogen atoms.

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They have the maximum number of hydrogen atoms.

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It has a carbon double bond. Polysaturated fatty acids have more than one carbon double bond.

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What is a saturated of a fatty acid?

Saturated fatty acids have only single carbon-carbon bonds.


What is a distinguished characteristics of a saturated fatty acid?

Saturated fatty acids do not have double bonds between carbon atoms and unsaturated.


How many fatty acid chains do saturated fats have?

when fat releases energy is it in a unsaturated fatty acid chain


Do the atoms have the same rotational ability or mobility in the unsaturated fatty acid as they had in the saturated fatty acid?

Not all of the atoms. The carbon atoms connected by a double bond in an unsaturated fatty acid have less rotational mobility than the carbon atoms connected by a single bond in a saturated fatty acid.


What causes an unsaturated fatty acid to have a different shape than an a saturated fatty acid?

Unsaturated fatty acids have double carbon bonds.

Related questions

Is cholesterol an example of a saturated fatty acid?

no, it is not even a fatty acid.


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 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.


What type of lipid is stearic acid?

saturated fatty acid


What is a fat in which the fatty acid tail is full of hydrogens?

This fat is called a saturated fatty acid.


A saturated fatty has has more or less hydrogen?

Yes, fatty acids are considered saturated when they have all the hydrogen atoms it can hold.


What is a saturated fatty acids?

A saturated fatty acid is a fatty acid whose carbon chain contains no free bonding points. Because it cannot bond to any other hydrogen atoms, it is considered saturated, or filled.


What is a distinguish characteristic of a saturated fatty acid?

Saturated fatty acids have only single carbon-carbon bonds.


What is a common dietary saturated fatty acid?

palmitic acid, stearic acid