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Are triglyceride a monomer

Updated: 8/9/2023
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6y ago

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Typically, it is not a polymer, just a large molecule comprises glycol(the back bone) and 3 branches of fatty acids. However, during storage for long time, or heating, it can react to form radicals. These radicals initiate a polymerization reaction. Therefore, deep fried oil contains a lot of polymeric molecules.

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13y ago

Polymers consist of repeating units, called monomers.

A triglyceride does not have repeating units, but has three fatty acids groups bonded through ester linkages to a glycerin molecule.

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Polymers are long chains of repeating units which do not have a definitive end. Triglycerides have this chain of repeating units but these units to have a definite end and therefore are not polymers.

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A triglyceride is not a monomer.

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12y ago

Yes

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