[sd79812]

Why isn't Bond Enthalpy/Bond disassociation energy measured as a force?

I understand every bond chemically has a length and energy to break, and energy is Newton*meters, but force is Newtons.
Is the Bond enthalpy/Bond disassociation energy equivalent to the force needed to break the bond * the bond length?

Why don't we say, to break the bond from O to H we need to put magnets on left of the O and right of the H and apply some pulling force of XYZ?

[Borek]

Basic physics. Work/energy and force are different fundamental physical concepts. Knowing the force at _some_ point of the bond breaking process is not enough to say how much work needs to be done to achieve separation.