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Chemical reactions release energy spontaneously. They absorb energy only with a source of energy. Moreover, they involve breaking and forming of bonds, which include energy change. A chemical reaction results in the interconversion of chemical substances. It always involves changes in the chemical bonds that join atoms in compounds.

Thus, energy is neither released nor absorbed, when chemical bonds formed or broken.

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