bond breaking
Molecular link rupture
Bond breaking is the rupture of chemical bonds between atoms, requiring energy input to overcome the forces holding atoms together.
In chemistry, breaking bonds is always endothermic—it absorbs energy rather than releasing it.
The term appears in discussions of chemical reactions, molecular biology, and energy calculations: Bond breaking in the reactants precedes bond formation in the products.
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- free radicalsChemically reactive atomic fragments
- electron pairTwo occupying one orbital
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- reaction mechanismsSN1, SN2, elimination, substitution, addition
- bond breakingcleavage, dissociation, fission, scission, splitting
- kineticsreaction rate, activation energy, reaction rates, second order, catalysis
- chemical bondsionic, metallic
- radiochemistryradiolysis, radiochemistry, ionizing radiation, gamma radiation, radiation dose
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Forming close connections
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Forming close connections
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