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11. Bonding & Molecular Structure - Part 4 of 4
11. Bonding & Molecular Structure / Bond Energy / Problem 2

Consider the two reactions below: 
i) HBr(g) + H2O(g) ↔ Br-(g) + H3O+(g) 
ii) HI(g) + H2O(g) ↔ I-(g) + H3O+(g)
Calculate the enthalpies of reaction using bond enthalpies and identify if both reactions are exothermic or not.

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