Give a test that can be used to differentiate chemically between butter and cooking oil. - Texcellency

Give a test that can be used to differentiate chemically between butter and cooking oil.

To differentiate between butter and cooking oil, you can use the “solubility test”:

Butter is insoluble in water but soluble in ethanol.
Cooking oil is soluble in water but insoluble in ethanol.

This is because butter contains saturated fats, while cooking oil contains unsaturated fats.

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