Bond energies

  • Bond breaking is endothermic

  • Bond making is exothermic

  • To calculate bond energies:

    • Draw out each compound of the reaction e.g

    • Use the table provided to work out the energy of each side ( reactants and products)

    • Finally, ALWAYS DO REACTANTS MINUS THE PRODUCTS

    • If positive number the reaction is endo

    • If negative the reaction is exo