Is peanut oil an acid or a base?

Answer 1

Fresh oils including cooking oil are both insoluble in water and incapable of producing ions in water, thus they are neither acid nor alkali.

However when oils age they oxidize and break down into smaller molecules, some of which can dissolve in water producing excess pi-hydronium ions, meaning these degraded oils tend to be mild acids. These organic acids in cooking oil that has been kept too long produce undesirable "off" flavors in the food that is fried in them.

Answer 2

Cooking oils contain different types of acids, depending on the oil.

Olive oil, for example, contains oleic acid (named for olives) in concentrations up to about 2%; higher concentrations are found in peanut, grapeseed, sunflower, sesame and poppyseed oil.

Other oils contain linoleic acid, stearic acid, and so on.

If you can identify the particular oil you want to know about, it's easy to list the entire chemical composition, including acids.

Answer 3

It is alklie . because it has no chemical properties

Answer 4

it has apH 0f 5.6 it's slightly basic

Answer 5

base

Answer 6

Acid