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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.
Bond breaking is endothermic because you are putting energy in (usually in the form of heat) energy absorbed= endothermic energy released= exothermic (exo meaning out- giving out energy) heat is released to the environment (the system) in an exothermic reaction. Exo means OUT, endo means IN. Note that energy does not just exist as heat. Bond breaking may be either endothermic or exothermic.