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Effects
Saturated Fats
Unsaturated Fats
Types of bond
Sources
State at room temperature
Melting point
Cholesterol content
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Digestion
- Steam is used to kill microorganisms in the bunches of oil palm fruit
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- Palm oil is pressed hydraulically from the mesocarp of the oil palm
fruits
removed
using________________.
4.6 POLYMER
Polymer
Starch
Protein
Rubber
Polythene
Monomer
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Natural polymers are polymers that are obtained from ____________ or ____________.
Examples :
Synthetic polymers are ___________________ polymers.
Examples :
Type of polymer
Natural polymer
Synthetic polymer
Example
Carbohydrate
Cellulose
Starch
Natural rubber
Protein
Neoprene or synthetic rubber
Nylon 66
Perspex
Polystyrene
Polyvinyl chloride
Polythene
Monomer
Natural Rubber
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Latex consists of long chains of molecules covered with a layer of protein that is
_______________ charged.
The negatively charged molecules will _________ each other.
This will prevent the rubber molecules from _____________________.
When an acid such as ethanoic acid or formic acid added, _________________ will occur.
How?
The positive charged ________________ ions of the acid will neutralise the
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Latex can also coagulate without the addition of an acid but by the action of ____________ in
the latex.
When _______________ is added, the coagulation is prevented.
Vulcanisation of rubber
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