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Give a test that can be used to differentiable chemically b/n butter and cooking oil.

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Butter is saturated compound and oil is unsaturated compound.
Test:-
Alkaline potassium permanganate [pink colour] + Unsaturated hydrocarbon Pink colour disappears
If we add oil to a test tube containing alkaline potassium permanganate solution, the pink colour of the solution disappears. Colour of alkaline potassium permanganate Will not disappear in the test tube containing butter.

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