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Reaction Profiles - Chemical Bonds

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Chemical Bonds

All chemical bonds have a "bond energy" that measures the strength of chemical bonds. By subtracting the total bond energies of the products from the total bond energies of reactants, we can see if a reaction is endothermic or exothermic.

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Exothermic reactions

  • Energy released by making bonds > energy required to break bonds.
    • I.e. overall energy change of reaction < 0
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Endothermic reactions

  • Energy released by making bonds < energy required to break bonds.
    • I.e. overall energy change of reaction > 0

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