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What causes straight fatty molecules to form a lattice (e.g. saturated fats)?
What causes multiple chains of saturated fats to pack together and form a solid? It is said that because the chains are straight, they form a lattice and line up more easily.
But if I had a bunch of ...
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Trying to understand the causes and implications of kinks in fatty acid chains
I watched this video (The Deal with Fat by SciShow):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvvx2yQRbzQ
To summarize the main points I want to discuss:
Saturated fats are chains without any double-bonds ...
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