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A fully animated PowerPoint presentation explaining the molecular structure of fats, the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats and why bromine can be used to test for fats and how saturated they are.

You will see how fats are made by reacting fatty acids with gycerol and the reaction that occurs on the molecular level.

Then you will learn why bromine works as a test for how unsaturated a fat is.

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