u/Able-Application3680

What does it actually mean for a chemical bond to store energy and "release" it in an exothermic reaction?

For example in a combustion, the hydrocarbons are being split and produce heat/light. What specific process is actually occurring here?

I can understand potential energy in the form of springs or from gravitational/electric fields. These are simply a function of distance, the closer (or farther) 2 objects are they store more and more potential energy and once they are released. They gradually move apart (or closer) which gains kinetic energy and loses potential via the work done by the field.

But I can't conceptualize this for chemical bonds. Maybe it's because I don't fully understand what chemical bonds are. But how does severing (or creating) these bonds just spontaneously produce photons and radiation? Where is this heat coming from?

How does it lead to movement in the case of more complex stored energy like ATP?

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u/Able-Application3680 — 4 days ago
▲ 2 r/snails

Saw these snails appearing to cannibalize one of their own. Their heads were moving up and down as if they were digging in.

u/Able-Application3680 — 5 days ago

I know this is really popular among muslims, but I just want to know if this is done out of personal reasons or due to religious ones.

As far as I know the sunnah is to name your child with a name that has a beautiful and positive meaning. More than that, I can only think of the hadith in which the messenger (peace be upon him) specifically mentioned that the best names are ‘Abd-Allah and ‘Abd al-Rahman.

However I can't find any other hadiths that state that there are other names that are more liked than other ones. Assuming the names are positive and islamic of course.

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u/Able-Application3680 — 18 days ago

If feckless sort of means "incompetent". You would think the opposite (having feck) would mean someone is competent or has a good head on their shoulders.

I'm curious why there is such an asymmetry here in the English language.

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u/Able-Application3680 — 20 days ago