exoergicity

== English == === Noun === exoergicity (uncountable) (chemistry, physics) The difference in bond dissociation energies of a reaction, symbol ΔE0, such that energy is released. 1981: S. J. Buelow, D. R. Wornsnop, and D. R. Herschbach, Chemistry Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Generation of “bastard” molecular ions from van der Waals clusters: Arn(C2Cl4)m+ ions, suspected interlopers in collections of solar neutrinos (published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, volume 78, № 12; December, 1981) This is probably due to dissociation induced by the large exoergicity from charge transfer between species that differ greatly in ionization potential. 1985: Rodney J. Bartlett, ed, Comparison of Ab Initio Quantum Chemistry With Experiment for Small Molecules For the reaction exoergicity the Davidson correction has little effect. There is also a problem with the theoretical description of the kinetics of the addition reaction. A Lindemann-Hinshelwood mechanism is typically used to ... ==== Usage notes ==== Exoergicity (which indicates a release of energy) and exothermicity (which indicates a release of heat) are not synonymous, although they are often confused. ==== Related terms ==== exoergic ==== References ====