Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change 7th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 007351117X
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-117-7

Chapter 9 - Problems - Page 391: 9.43

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Because it requires less energy to break the bond of atoms to form new compounds, the one with weaker bonds is going to be more reactive that the atom that has the stronger bonds.
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