Bond breaking and bond making
What Bond breaking and bond making means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Energy is absorbed when bonds break in the reactants, and energy is released when new bonds form in the products.
Bonds in reactants break, absorbing energy, and new bonds in products form, releasing energy.
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