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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.
Therefore, energy is released when a bond forms. Chemical reactions occur, and bonds form, because the products will always be a lower total energy (Gibbs free energy) than the reactants. Bond breaking is endothermic. Bond making is exothermic.