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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.
Energetics of Ionic Bond Formation. The formation of ionic compounds (like the addition of sodium metal and chlorine gas to form NaCl) are usually extremely exothermic. The loss of an electron from an element: Always endothermic (takes energy to strip the e' from the atom) Na(g) -> Na+(g) + 1e- DH = 496 kJ/mol.