Manufacturers make vegetable oils solid or semisolid at room temperature by _____.

A. adding hydrogen atoms to the double bonds in the fatty acid hydrocarbon chains
B. removing hydrogen atoms and forming additional double bonds in the fatty acid hydrocarbon chains
C. removing hydrogen atoms and forming additional single bonds in the fatty acid hydrocarbon chains
D. adding hydrogen atoms to the single bonds of the fatty acid hydrocarbon chains
E. none of the above


Ans: A. adding hydrogen atoms to the double bonds in the fatty acid hydrocarbon chains

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