Collocations withhydrocarbon
These are words often used in combination withhydrocarbon.
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chlorinated hydrocarbon
Many commentators have implicated lindane, a chlorinated hydrocarbon poison present in our environment, in the incidence of breast cancer.
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hydrocarbon fuel
I believe that that is almost too low a percentage in a world where our hydrocarbon fuel supplies are always at risk.
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hydrocarbon molecule
As a result, its surface spontaneously attaches water and hydrocarbon molecules from the ambient atmosphere.
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hydrocarbon reserves
One gap in the current treatment is the limited coverage of the basins containing hydrocarbon reserves.
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hydrocarbon resources
It includes a comprehensive survey of hydrocarbon resources, both in global context and as a function of exploration activity.
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liquid hydrocarbon
Use of liquid hydrocarbon and amide transfer data to estimate contributions to thermodynamic functions of protein folding from the removal of nonpolar and polar surface from water.
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petroleum hydrocarbon
This is important, for example, in evaluating the significance of metal and petroleum hydrocarbon contaminants, which are detoxified or degraded by natural processes in more temperate environments.
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