exoergicity

Noun

exoergicity (uncountable)

1. The difference in bond dissociation energies of a reaction, symbol ΔE₀, such that energy is released.
   • The collision exoergicity Q is defined by Q=E'–E, the final minus initial relative kinetic energies.1933, The Journal of Chemical Physics, the American Institute of Physics
   • This is probably due to dissociation induced by the large exoergicity from charge transfer between species that differ greatly in ionization potential.1981: S. J. Buelow, D. R. Wornsnop, and D. R. Herschbach, Chemistry Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Generation of “bastard” molecular ions from van der Waals clusters...