Write a summary statement for saturated fats including whether they are solids or liquids at room temperature and whether they have all single carbon-to-carbon bonds or at least one double carbon-to-carbon bond

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Alena Weber

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9 June, 07:13

Write a summary statement for saturated fats including whether they are solids or liquids at room temperature and whether they have all single carbon-to-carbon bonds or at least one double carbon-to-carbon bond

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Simone Moses · Answer 1

Fats are a class of lipids formed by esters of three fatty acid chains and glycerol, for which they are called triglycerids.

Saturaed fats are triglycerids that are solid at room temperature. The fatty acid chains are saturated, which means that they contain only single carbon-to-carbon bonds (i. e. there are not double or triple bonds).