144k views
4 votes
The forming and breaking of bonds in a chemical reaction always involves changes in energy what are the 2 options of what happens to that energy?

User Kleber
by
6.1k points

1 Answer

1 vote
In all types of chemical reactions, bonds are broken and reassembled to form new products. However, in exothermic, endothermic, and all chemical reactions, it takes energy to break the existing chemical bonds and energy is released when new bonds form.
User Jminardi
by
6.2k points