In organic compounds, the weight percent of hydrocarbon chain often determines the compound's miscibility with water.

Its strength is considered to be due to the length of the hydrocarbon chain.

Once the microorganisms flourish, they break down the hydrocarbon chain, reducing the compound to its elemental state.

This comes from its long conjugated hydrocarbon chain.

These contain long hydrocarbon chains and a carboxylic acid group on one end.

The designations for the reversed phase materials refer to the length of the hydrocarbon chain.

Surfactants are usually composed of a hydrocarbon chain and a polar head group.

Fat contains a large amount of energy due to the presence of long hydrocarbon chains.

The main considerations in this chemical is the nature of the head group and the size of the hydrocarbon chain.

The crude oil goes through a thermal process called cracking by which long hydrocarbon chains are broken up into smaller fragments.