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differentiate between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. how are the physical characteristics affected
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differentiate between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. how are the physical characteristics affected

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Saturated fats physically are a straight line, whereas unsaturated fats have a slight bend in them due to a double bounded carbon where a hydrogen is missing.
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