At the end of this activity, students should be able to describe the formation of an ionic compound as a series of steps, explain every step in the formation of an ionic compound and the enthalpy changes involved: enthalpy of atomization, ionization enthalpy, electron affinity and lattice formation enthalpy, describe a BornûHaber cycle as an energy diagram linking the enthalpy of formation to the enthalpy changes of atomization, ionization and crystal lattice formation and use a BornûHaber cycle to calculate enthalpy changes and to predict the stability of an ionic compound.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.