saturated vs unsaturated vs unsaturated hydrocarbons

saturated

Definitions

adjective

  1. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
  2. being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
  3. used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled

Examples

Maitake provides some B vitamins, ergosterol / provitamin D2, magnesium, potassium, calcium, unsaturated fatty acids, phosphatidylserine and other phospholipids, and protein.

Instead, the thin sandy developments defining the sequence boundaries suggest sandy sabkhas and sand sheets supplied by this undersaturated wind system and only preserved as a consequence of renewed lake-level rise.

The molecular parameters of 12 halogenated ethanes were fit to experimental data for vapor pressure and saturated liquid density.

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unsaturated

Definitions

adjective

  1. not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature
  2. used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond
  3. (of color) not chromatically pure; diluted

Examples

Maitake provides some B vitamins, ergosterol / provitamin D2, magnesium, potassium, calcium, unsaturated fatty acids, phosphatidylserine and other phospholipids, and protein.

Whole-wheat foods also contain high levels of healthy monounsaturated fats, protein and B vitamin.

Most of these molecules are generated during the grinding and malaxation, when active enzymes from the damaged fruit cells come into contact with vulnerable polyunsaturated fatty acids in the green chloroplasts.

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