dissociation energy

noun

The energy needed to break every chemical bond in a molecule and completely separate all its atoms

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Meanings

noundissociation energy (plural dissociation energies)

plural dissociation energies

  1. physicalchemistryThe energy needed to break every chemical bond in a molecule and completely separate all its atoms
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