dissociation energy
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Re: dissociation energy
I'm not 100% on this but I believe Dissociation energy is always positive because breaking a bond will always require an input of energy, if it were to release energy dissociation energy would be negative but that can't happen because breaking a bond is going from a lower potential energy to a higher potential energy.
Re: dissociation energy
Dissociation energy is always positive because then dissociation energy is the energy required to break a bond and breaking a bond will always require an input of energy while forming bonds release energy.
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Re: dissociation energy
Dissociation energy is defined as the energy needed to break every chemical bond in a molecule and completely separate all of its atoms. This bond-breaking process is endothermic as it requires an input of energy to do so, and will always result in a positive number.
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Re: dissociation energy
Dissociation energy is always positive because you are inputting energy into the system, not taking it out.
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Re: dissociation energy
Breaking a bond always requires some energy so dissociation energy is always positive.
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Re: dissociation energy
since you are trying to break bonds, energy is always required (its always going in) and therefore it is always going to be positive.
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Re: dissociation energy
Breaking a bond requires energy since bound atoms have lower energy than free atoms. Therefore, forming a bond releases energy.
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