“…The energetic balance of this reaction is left‐shifted attaining 40 kJ mol −1 (estimation with ± 10 kJ mol −1 accuracy), as follows from comparison of mean molar bond energies calculated from standard atomization enthalpies of relevant compounds (Table ) . Under nonequilibrium conditions (such as rapid quenching from high enough temperatures ), this reaction is stretched in the opposite right direction, thus meaning a large number of “wrong” homonuclear bonds (improper to As 2 S 3 stoichiometry of the As–S system) and other structural defects like miscoordinated atoms. It is worth mentioning that similar hetero‐to‐homonuclear disproportionality balance in other ChGs is only slightly changed, being 35, 65, and 40 kJ mol −1 for binary As–Se, Ge–S, and Ge–Se glasses, respectively.…”