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Forming bonds always releases energy. Breaking bonds always requires energy.

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It can be either. Endothermic or exothermic.

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Energy is released when chemical bonds form

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energy is released when bonds are formed between two atoms because energy is released when an atom gains electron i.e. electron gain enthalpy

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when atoms form bond energy is released . when atoms are not forming bonds then they have high energies and for lowering their energy they form bond i.e stabilize their selves.

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Releases, because it takes energy to form a bond.

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When making bonds, energy is released to the system. While breaking bonds, energy is absorbed from the system with is equivalent to the energy discharged during formation.

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Energy is released.

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What happens when chemical bonds break and bonds form?

It takes energy to break a bond. then the atoms rearrange and can form new bonds releasing energy.


What kind of reaction is the amount of energy needed to break the original bonds is less than the energy released when new bonds form?

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Why must copper be heated to form black copper oxide?

Heat provides the activation energy, that is the energy to break the bonds in the starting materials in order that new bonds can form.


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Temperature increasesNegative energy changereactant's energy is higher than productsMore energy is released to form bonds (products) than energy absorbed to break bonds (in reactants)from my revision :D


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This is a VERY broad question, but the very basics is that it requires the input of energy in some form.


How is heat energy changes related to particle arrangement?

Solids have the least, then liquids, then gases. This is because a lot of thermal energy is required to break the intermolecular forces holding substances together, In a solid, the bonds are strong, however thermal energy is used to patrially break these bonds, melting the solid. The liquid then needs further thermal energy to completely break these bonds to form gases