Introduction The History Tempera Paints vs. Oil Paints Drying Oils The Extraction of Linseed Oil Linolenic Acid So What? Oil Painting and History Bibliography
- Linolenic acid is a polyunsaturated fatty acid which has three double oxygen bonds
- Linolenic acid is an important component of linseed oil because of its ability to link with oxygen molecules in the air, which occurs because the molecule is unsaturated
- Oxygen is clearly necessary to the drying process, light also advances the process