alleryStart learning →Bond-breaking uses more energy than bond-forming releases. Overall it is?
AOverall heat release
BNo overall heat exchange
CCannot be determined
DOverall heat absorption
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Overall heat absorption
The energy released does not replace all the energy absorbed, so the reaction takes in energy overall.
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