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most lipids contain long chains of which two atoms? carbon and oxygen water and phosphorus carbon and hydrogen water and carbon
Lipids are organic compounds. Organic compounds typically have long chains of carbon atoms. And hydrogen is commonly bonded to carbon in such chains. Water is a molecule (\(H_2O\)) and not an atom. Phosphorus is not a main component in the long - chain part of most lipids. Oxygen is present in some lipid functional groups (like in esters of fatty acids), but the long chains are mainly of carbon and hydrogen.
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