Bond Enthalpies
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Re: Bond Enthalpies
Bond enthalpies can never be negative because they are the energies required to break bonds.
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To add onto this topic, we can see that bond enthalpies are always positive in this equation for delta H, deltaH = bonds broken - bond formed. This shows that there is energy needed to break bonds and then energy released to form bonds. Since bond enthalpies are always positive it makes sense why we must subtract this positive value for the total number of bonds formed as that is the energy being released in the reaction. I hope this provides some additional clarification.
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Re: Bond Enthalpies
Bond enthalpies are positive because breaking a bond is an endothermic process versus forming bonds is exothermic. For bond enthalpies, we are looking at the energy required to break a bond. But, for the equation delta H= bonds broken - bonds formed, we have to change the values of bond formation to negative (which is already accounted for in this equation).
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Re: Bond Enthalpies
To break bonds we require energy. Thus it is an endothermic process meaning the enthalpy is always positive.
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Bond enthalpies can not be negative because they are the energy that is required to break bonds, which is an endothermic process. However, if you try to calculate change in enthalpy with bond enthalpies (deltaH = bonds broken - bonds formed) and it just so happens that the energy required to form the bonds in the reaction is greater that the energy of the bonds broken, the change in enthalpy will be negative, but never the bond enthalpies themself.
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The bond enthalpy measures the strength of a chemical bond based on the energy required to break the bond. Because energy is required, the process is endothermic, so the energy cannot be negative.
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Bond enthalpies are always positive because in order to break a bond, heat must be supplied, which means that breaking a bond is always endothermic. The heat supplied is always positive.
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Generally, a positive change in enthalpy is required to break a bond, while a negative change in enthalpy is accompanied by the formation of a bond. In other words, breaking a bond is an endothermic process, while the formation of bonds is exothermic.
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It always requires energy to break a bond. So they have to always be positive since it takes energy to break a bond.
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Bond enthalpies are defined as the energy needed to break a bond. This value would always be positive since energy is always required to break a bond.
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Since breaking a bond requires an input of energy, the bond enthalpy would always be a positive value, indicating this input with a positive sign.
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