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Lattice energy question

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What would the answer be?
Seems a lot of working out for 2 marks :smile:
I got 251kjmol-1 haha so wrong
Reply 1
You don't have to draw out the full cycle - you can just do it algebraically.

You included the atomisation of Cl in your cycle, but didn't use the value that you were given, hence why you got the wrong answer.
Reply 2
Original post by Pigster
You don't have to draw out the full cycle - you can just do it algebraically.

You included the atomisation of Cl in your cycle, but didn't use the value that you were given, hence why you got the wrong answer.


Would the atominisation of Cl be +122 * 2
Because it's 2Cl??
Reply 3
Original post by Hazel99
Would the atominisation of Cl be +122 * 2
Because it's 2Cl??


Agreed.

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