Mastering the Born–Haber cycle

By Martin Bluemel2022-11-07T07:32:00

A diagram showing the energy changes in a Born Haber cycle

Source: © Dan Bright

Five steps to confidence for your post-16 learners

Share this infographic step-by-step approach to drawing Born–Haber cycles with your post-16 students. It breaks down the cycle into five easy steps for your 16–18 learners to follow. The article includes a poster to download and display in your classroom, plus a fact sheet, student instructions and teacher notes for a classroom activity. The activity asks pupils to construct cycles for sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, sodium oxide and magnesium oxide.

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