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Born–Haber cycles — Hess's law applied to ionic lattice formation

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An application of Hess's law to ionic lattice formation. New because it requires four or five enthalpy terms the student has never met (atomisation, first/second ionisation energy, electron affinity, lattice enthalpy), each with its own sign convention.

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