Dairy Chemistry And Biochemistry

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Carhon atoms

Figure 3.35 Relationship between the melting point of fatty acids and their chain length.

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Numher of double bonds

Figure 3.36 Effect of introducing one or more double bonds on the melting point of
octadecanoic acid.