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straight chain

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straight chain,
n series of carbon atoms found in acyclic organic compounds that are successively linked without any branches.


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Michelin Key statement: A rubber composition comprising the following compound: R1--NH-phenyl-NH--R2 where the amino moieties occupy the 1 and 4 positions of the phenyl ring, and R1 and R2 are selected from the group consisting of H, C1 to C3 straight chain or branched alkyl groups, and wherein R1 and R2 may be the same or different; and where the t90 isothermal at 125[degrees]C is within 30% of the t90 after 28 days aging at 40[degrees]C as the unaged green rubber composition.
These fully saturated, straight chain hydrocarbon waxes are characterized by a high melt point and hardness.
Salt marsh halophiles contained unique ribosomal sequences, and a variety of extreme species possessed unusual lipids with ether as opposed to ester bonds linked into branched rather than straight chains.
 
 
 
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