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Given the equation representing a reaction: H + H --> H2, explain in terms of energy what is happening as the bond is being formed

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The formation of the bond releases energy. This is because the individual hydrogen atoms are more unstable than when they are joined together. Stability brings about the release of energy, and this would be an exothermic reaction.

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