
Bond Energies
Students will understand the concept of bond energy and its relationship to the enthalpy change of a reaction. They will calculate enthalpy changes using average bond energies.
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Students will understand the concept of bond energy and its relationship to the enthalpy change of a reaction. They will calculate enthalpy changes using average bond energies.
Key Questions
- What is bond energy?
- How is bond breaking and bond making related to energy changes?
- How do we estimate enthalpy changes using bond energies?
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