In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic tail (chain), which is either saturated or unsaturated. Most naturally occurring fatty acids have a chain of an even number of carbon atoms, from 12 to 28.hus, saturated fatty acids are saturated with hydrogen (since double bonds reduce the number of hydrogens on each carbon). Because saturated fatty acids have only single bonds, each carbon atom within the chain has 2 hydrogen atoms (except for the omega carbon at the end that has 3 hydrogens).
The following is a list of the top ten largest lakes by surface area in the United States. Their locations have also been included for reference. 1) Lake Superior. Surface Area: 31,700 square miles (82,103 sq km) Location: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada.
It contains a volume of 1,180 cubic miles (4,918 kmÂ³) of water. Green Bay in the northwest is its largest bay. Grand Traverse Bay in its northeast is another large bay. Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes wholly within the borders of the United States; the others are shared with Canada.