The average bond enthalpy is the energy required to break one mole of a specified type of bond in a gaseous molecule.The actual bond enthalpy will vary depending on the chemical environment of the bond. The average bond enthalpy is calculated from the actual bond enthalpies in different environments.

Average Bond Enthalpy
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Specification: OCR Chemistry A (H032), AS-level, 3.2.1 Enthalpy changes. Topic: Enthalpy.
Key terms in this lesson
- Mole
- The amount of substance that contains as many particles as there are atoms in exactly 12g of carbon-12.
- Enthalpy
- A measure of the total energy of a chemical system.
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- Limitations of Bond Enthalpy Calculations
- Hess's Law
- Determination of Enthalpy Change of a Reaction from Enthalpies of Formation Using Hess's Law
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