Temperature change of surroundings
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The basis for distinguishing the two types of reaction, where a rise indicates exothermic and a fall indicates endothermic.
The temperature of the surroundings decreases because an endothermic reaction absorbs thermal energy from them.
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- Bond breaking and bond making
- Conservation of energy
- Energy transfer
- Energy transfer in reactions
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- Exothermic and endothermic processes
- Exothermic and endothermic reactions
- Exothermic reaction
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