Chemistry GCSE
Rearrangement of atoms
What Rearrangement of atoms means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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During a chemical reaction, bonds break and new bonds form, but the atoms themselves are rearranged rather than created or destroyed.
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