Born-Haber cycle

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounBorn-Haber cycle (plural Born-Haber cycles)

plural Born-Haber cycles

  1. physicalanalytical chemistrychemistryA 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.

Origin

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

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