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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

What is the right formula for finding the enthalpy of reaction.
Is it summation of bond energy of reactants – products or vice versa because sign plays a major role in this process

Profile image of Rahul Ramesh
10 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of prir
10 Years ago
its better to remember it this way:
sum of the bond energies of bonds being broken - sum of the bond energies of the bonds being formed.
i.e.,heat(enthalpy) of reaction = sum of bond energies of reactants-sum of the bond energies of products.