Chapter 7, Problem 7.35PP

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The reason behind the occurrence of fats as solids and oils as liquids under normal conditions, despite the reality that both are triglycerides.

Introduction:

Fats and oils both are included under dietary lipids called triglycerides. Fats exist as solid or semisolid at room temperature whereas oils are found in liquid state at room temperature. Both fats and oils are triglycerides, which are made up from three molecules of fatty acids and glycerol.