Born-Haber cycle


Born-Haber cycle

[¦bȯrn ′hā·bər ‚sī·kəl] (solid-state physics) A sequence of chemical and physical processes by means of which the cohesive energy of an ionic crystal can be deduced from experimental quantities; it leads from an initial state in which a crystal is at zero pressure and 0 K to a final state which is an infinitely dilute gas of its constituent ions, also at zero pressure and 0 K.