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If energy is stored in chemical bonds, and bond formation is always an exothermic process, doesn't that imply that bond formation both stores and releases energy? How is this possible? I'm clearly not understanding some basic tenet of chemistry. For example, H+ and OH- neutralize to form H2O.
The enthalpy of hydration is always exothermic, since it involves bond making. The lattice energy contribution is always endothermic, since it involves breaking the ionic bonds between the positive and negative ions in the molecule.