What do saturated fat and unsaturated fat have in common?

Answer 1

Both saturated and unsaturated fats are made of two pieces, the fatty acid which is an extremely long carbon chain, and glycerol, a 3 carbon chain with hydrogen and oxygen bonded on them. They both have hydrogen bonded to their fatty acids. They are also both "lipids".

What differs between the two is the amount of Hydrogen bonded onto the fatty acid. A saturated fat, like the name implies, is completely full with hydrogen bonds: there is no extra space for another hydrogen atom. An unsaturated fat has less hydrogen bonded too it because it's Carbon is connected with a double bond leaving no room for Hydrogen and making the bond stronger.

Answer 2

Both saturated and unsaturated fats have a carbon chain as their base. How the chain is linked, double and triple bonds for unsaturated and single bonds for saturated, along with the attached functional groups, make up the primary chemical differences in the two types.

Answer 3

they are both types of fat