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CBSE - Chemistry - Carbon and its Compounds

Carbon and its Compounds

NCERT Exercise

Give a test that can be used to differentiate chemically between butter and cooking oil.

Butter contains saturated fats. Therefore, it cannot be hydrogenated. On the other hand, oil has unsaturated fats. That is why it can be hydrogenated to saturated fats (solids).

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