Meanings of hydrocarbon chains in English

In contrast, the L lambda-phase diffraction patterns indicate disordered hydrocarbon chains.

Those long hydrocarbon chains slip too much at high temperatures and not enough at low ones.

There is no magical 'turning fat to muscle', as these hydrocarbon chains are not about to magically become an amino acid in our bodies.

Researcher Beau Op de Beeck developed a new method to derive these hydrocarbon chains from cellulose, while removing the oxygen inside, deemed undesirable in gasoline.