185k views
0 votes
What makes an unsaturated fat different than a saturated fat?

User Stavm
by
7.1k points

1 Answer

4 votes

Answer:

Unsaturated fats have at least one carbon-carbon double bond while saturated fats have only carbon-carbon single bonds. Put in another way, saturated fats are “saturated” with hydrogen atoms, while unsaturated fats do not have the maximum amount of hydrogen atoms a fatty acid can have, making them “unsaturated.”

User Yonasstephen
by
7.4k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.