Chemistry A-Level
Enthalpy cycle
What Enthalpy cycle means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Enthalpy cycle
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A cycle built from changes you can measure, such as standard enthalpies of formation or combustion, to find an enthalpy change that is hard to measure directly.
Topics that use Enthalpy cycle
- Enthalpy changes (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- ∆H of combustion
- ∆H of formation
- Activation energy
- Approximate estimate
- Average bond enthalpy
- Averaging over gaseous compounds
- Bond breaking and bond making
- Bond enthalpy
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