Saturation (chemistry)

In chemistry, saturation has four different meanings:

1. In supersaturated.
2. In nitrogen saturation means that an ecosystem, such as a soil, can not store any more nitrogen.
3. In Unsaturated is used when any carbon structure contains double or occasionally triple bonds. Many vegetable oils contain fatty acids with one (monounsaturated) or more (polyunsaturated) double bonds in them.
4. In biochemistry, the term saturation refers to the fraction of total protein binding sites that are occupied at any given time.

See also

• Saturated fat
• Unsaturated fat