The energy required to break a given type of bond between atoms in certain
valence states. An averaged bond energy is commonly derived by dissecting the heat of atomization
of a molecule into contributions of individual bonds. For molecules with localized
bonds, the heats of atomization (formation) are usually well approximated by the sum
of pertinent averaged bond energies.
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
