Saturated?

Marxx

Chemistry is on tuesday for us doing the LC. I know the difference between vegtable fats and animal fats is one of 'em is saturated but its not in the book.

Can anyone help?

btw I'm hoping to goto UCC to do physics and astrophysics. I'm glad oi found a small community of other people who are also intrested.:)

ecksor

I dimly recall saturated meaning that the carbon atoms used each link to bind to a hydrogen atom rather than binding to another carbon atom.

Amz

Saturated = when there are only single bonds between the carbon and hydrogen atoms.




The first fatty acid contains no double bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms therefore is saturated.

The double bond in the unsaturated molecule is highlighted in green.


Animal oils tend to have higher levels of saturated fat and this solidifies at room temperature.

Vegetable oils tend to be liquid at room temperature due to the higher levels of unsaturated fat.

Animal fats are more harmful for human consumption as a result.

Marxx

Thanks for the help,