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Generally, burning or combustion reactio...

Generally, burning or combustion reactions are exothermic. Justify.

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Burning or combustion is a combination of a substance with oxygen and new bonds are formed with oxygen. As formation of bonds involves release of energy, combustions are generally exothermic.
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