straight chain

The human mind must have the ability to change, to allow the impact of memory and emotion on the straight chain of cause and effect.

The surfactants are based on long straight aliphatic chains similar to saturated fatty acids.

This changes the molecule's structure to a straight chain which absorbs no visible light.

So pentane can either have 5 carbons in a straight chain, or it can be branched.

It is a secondary alcohol with the hydroxyl on the second carbon of the straight seven-carbon chain.

Because of the way polyamides are formed, nylon would seem to be limited to unbranched, straight chains.

She also says, "There is one straight chain of truth, without one heretical sentence, in that which I have written."

First connect all the carbons in a straight chain.

The spores have smooth surfaces and are arranged as straight chains.

Xylem vessels are a long straight chain made of tough long dead cells known as vessel elements.