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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.
When chemical bonds are formed, heat is released in an exothermic reaction. There is a loss of kinetic energy in the reacting electrons, and this causes energy to be released in the form of light. This light is equal in energy to the stabilization energy required for the chemical reaction (the bond energy).