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What is the chemical formula for shortening?
Fatty acid molecules are essentially long-chain hydrocarbons with a terminal carboxyl group. Fatty acids are characterized as saturated or unsaturated based on the number of hydrogen atoms in the acid. Shortening is a hydrogenated fatty acid. (hydrogenation of an unsaturated fatty acid refers to the addition of hydrogen atoms to the acid, causing double bonds to become single ones as carbon atoms acquire new hydrogen partners).
An unsaturated fatty acid differs from a saturated fatty acid in that the unsaturated fatty acid contains what?
double carbon carbon bonds
What causes an unsaturated fatty acid to have a different shape than an a saturated fatty acid?
Unsaturated fatty acids have double carbon bonds.
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 type of fatty acid has a bend in its structure?
unsaturated
What is Tran?
an unsaturated fatty acid that has been changed to a saturated fatty acid
What causes an unsaturated fatty acid to have differ t shape than a satires fatty acid?
Unsaturated fatty acids have double carbon bonds.
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 fatty acid with two or more points of unsaturation?
A fatty acid with two or more points of unsaturation is a polyunsaturated fat. Unsaturated fatty acids are typically found in vegetable sources.
In unsaturated fats the fatty acid chain is missing some atoms of?
In unsaturated fats, the fatty acid chain is missing some atoms of hydrogen.
What does a unsaturated fatty acid contain?
A fatty acid contains double bonding within its carbon
