Born-Haber cycle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cycle concerned with the formation of an ionic compound from the reaction of a metal (often a Group I or Group II element) with a halogen or other non-metallic element such as oxygen; used to analyze reaction energies.

Word forms

Born-Haber cycle Born-Haber cycles

Etymology

Named after the German scientists Max Born and Fritz Haber, who developed it in 1919.

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