WTFreak..i look at this everyday and it doesnt make sense...so if you break bonds the process is endothermic??? breaking a bond seems as if energy would be released from the bond being broken thus making it exothermic??? right? but if you form h20 from H + OH the process is exothermic? I'm so confused..someone please make this simple concept make sense..thanks
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you're wrong. bonds form because they're energetically favorable.
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This always seemed weird to me in Chem. But here's how I think about it, and it's not that scientific - if you're going to break a bond, you're going to need energy. Imagine if you wanted to break a board with your hand, you'd have to put a lot of energy into it, right?
Anyways, hope that helps. It's not a scientific explanation, but it always help me remember - breaking bonds is endothermic.
Anyways, hope that helps. It's not a scientific explanation, but it always help me remember - breaking bonds is endothermic.
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