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lamdgt
So I am not much of a chemistry person, so sadly I don't know if this is a simple or super complex question. What I am wondering is how to calculate the strength between two atoms in a simple molecule, like in H2O, CO2, AlO, FeO2 ect... and I have no idea where to start at all as I have taken only one chemistry course sad.gif I was hoping that I would be able to understand how much heat or electricity is required to break a bond in one of these through this calculation. basically electrolyzing the oxygen/other away from the molecule system.
rpenner
Do you mean:

1) The average enthalpy change to break all bonds and render a molecular substance as free atoms?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_energy

2) The enthalpy change to break a specific bond?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_dissociation_energy

3) The restoring force if a bond is bent, which is one of the factors in the infrared spectrum?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_spectroscopy
pyhson
thanks,sharing.






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