what process changes an oil to a fat ?

Question

briefly explain how it works

Answer 1

Oil is one kind of fat. It is liquid at room temperature, because it contains many unsaturated fatty acids. Its chemical structure is triglyceride. In the intestine, triglyceride is broken into fatty acids and glycerol by lipase. The fatty acids are absorbed and are used to re-manufacture fat in the fat cells. Fats are triglycerides with saturated fatty acids.

Vegetable oils can be converted into solid fat by hydrogenation.

Answer 2

oil and fat are the same thing, do you mean changing an oil from a liquid to a solid form? If so, then I know from the food industry that liquid oil is changed into a solid state by putting in hydrogen. I am pretty sure that heating can also change the oil to a solid. I don't know the exact science of this in how it effects the chemical makeup of the oil, but I hope it helps.

Answer 3

An oil is a fat - it is normally tri- and di-acylglycerides. These molecules are simply three fatty acids attached to a glycerol molecule. The body can cleave the individual fatty acids from the glyceride, and then use them in the body as fuel or incorporate them as structural components (i.e. membranes). Therefore, it depends on what you mean by 'changes oil to a fat'. They are already a type of fat - so what else do you need to know?

Answer 4

Fat is an oil. The definition has to do with the carbons and their links and how much energy can be derived from such.