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Offline ahmedbashir

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saturation degree
« on: September 17, 2013, 06:21:35 AM »
Hello :)
I have a little question : I'd like to know how can I find the saturation degree of a compound as a percentage?

for example : DS= 46.7% (for palm oil)

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Re: saturation degree
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2013, 01:37:14 AM »
I have not seen this terminology before, but from the word i understand it in the following way:

100% saturated means the maximum amount of moisture in the palm oil so that the solution is still homogenous.

46.7% is the percentage relative to the 100% mentioned above
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Re: saturation degree
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2013, 01:59:27 AM »
I have not seen this terminology before, but from the word i understand it in the following way:

100% saturated means the maximum amount of moisture in the palm oil so that the solution is still homogenous.

46.7% is the percentage relative to the 100% mentioned above



It refers to the number of C=C double bonds in a structure

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_of_unsaturation

for a fuller explanation and for the original poster a formula to help you calculate it.
« Last Edit: September 24, 2013, 02:16:31 AM by Dan »
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