Assertion: lipid's acid | /r/CapableOf | spread over extended water surface
Facets:
value: unlike paraffin
type: OTHER
value: unlike other alkanes
type: OTHER
value: evenly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Unlike paraffin or other alkanes, which tend to puddle on the waters surface, these fatty acids spread evenly over an extended water surface, eventually forming a monomolecular layer in which the polar carboxyl groups are hydrogen bonded at the water interface, and the hydrocarbon chains are aligned together away from the water.