Higher Chemistry Esters 2:Fats and Oils

Surprisingly, bacon fat and olive oil are related to the fruity smelling esters we've already seen but with a few significant structural differences.
Please don't try to remove your nail polish with olive oil. It won't work.
Fats: 37 kJ/g, carbohydrates and proteins 17 kJ/g, fibre 8 kJ/g
SQA course spec p67,68 and Scholar pdf p111-122
0:00 Recap and intro
1:03 Why are they needed?
2:16 Structure of butter vs olive oil
3:18 3 in 1?
3:29 Splitting fats and oils
3:54 Triple alcohol?
4:48 Breaking fat
5:38 Attention to detail
6:18 Triple alcohol revisited
8:44 Fatty acid
09:23 Fats, oils, what's the difference?
09:48 Where have the Hs gone?
10:45 Saturated fat
12:39 Unsaturated oil
14:44 Recap
14:59 Student life and polarity

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