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During chemical reactions, bonds between atoms break and form. What does this mean in terms of subatomic particles?
Electrical fields of neutral particles interact, bonding those with the same charge.
Electrical fields of neutral particles interact, bonding those with opposite charges.
Electrical fields of charged particles interact, bonding those with opposite charges.
Electrical fields of charged particles interact, bonding those with the same charge.

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Electrical fields of charged particles interact, bonding those with opposite charges.

Explanation: Chemical bonds are electromagnetic in origin — attractions between negatively charged electrons and positively charged nuclei. In ionic bonds electrons transfer and oppositely charged ions attract; in covalent bonds shared electron density creates an electrostatic attraction between the nuclei and the electron cloud. Like charges repel, so bonding involves net attraction of opposite charges.