a. Exothermic reaction
b. The energy of the reactants is higher than the energy of the products.
c. The bonds in the products are stronger.
d. The change in enthalpy (∆H) is negative.
Below is an energy diagram for a chemical reaction. What information about the reaction energy does this graph give you? Use the answer box below the graph to type in your answers. Make sure you label you responses a., b., c., and d.
a. Is it an overall endothermic reaction or exothermic reaction?
b. How does the energy of the reactants compare to the energy of the products?
c. Which are stronger, the bonds in the reactants or the bond in the products?
d. Is the change in enthalpy (∆H) positive or negative?
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