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fatty acids! saturated, unsaturated?

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cara.mel:
That's why I hate food chem. Death to all living things, who needs them? =)

Seriously, before we started I barely knew what the difference between proteins, carbohydrates and fats were, and it was the only area of study this unit I've actually studied for in an attempt to learn it, and it seemed like in class only the forumlas were sticking and any worded things (like enzymes, primary/sec/tertiary structure, hell even what the functions of proteins are) were sifting through. On the other hand, I remembered without effort amino acids are zwitterions in water, such a funky name :)
See, before food chem I wouldn't have known what 'amino acid' means

The only thing I like about it are the carbon/nitrogen cycles o_O

ninwa:

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The only thing I like about it are the carbon/nitrogen cycles o_O
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 :?
That's the only bit I hate. Lol =\

Collin Li:

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Oh yeah, Coblin. I completely agree. Remembering formulas is annoying! Kind of like remembering the CnH2n+2 formula of alkanes and then applying it to fats. :P
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Oh snap.  :wink: :roll:
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The formula for alkanes is far more accessible than the formula for a saturated fatty acid.

It minimises the amount of memorisation you need, and also keeps you thinking.

melanie.dee:
fuck fuck i hate rote learning. how am i supposed to learn/memorise all this theory stuff for chem in 2 days?? at the moment, im sweet with equations and calculations, but anything i have to memorise is SHOCKING. food chem, nitrogen/carbon cycles. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh how am i going to memorise it all! i dearly hope the exam is most calculations

Ahmad:
That's exactly how I feel mel. You are not alone.

Physics has barely any content. But chemistry's a monster!  :shock:

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