Chemistry GCSE
Bond making
What Bond making means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Energy is released when bonds in the products are formed, as the atoms come together into a lower-energy arrangement.
Process that is exothermic because energy is released when new bonds form.
Topics that use Bond making
- The energy change of reactions (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Activation energy
- Bond breaking
- Bond energies
- Endothermic
- Exothermic
- Exothermic reaction
- Overall energy change
- Bond formation
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