You can still calculate the heat that's released. This is what will tell you under some particular conditions what will actually happen. Where will you end up.

你仍然可以计算放热,在特定条件这些下这些物理量,能告诉我们将会发生的事情。

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Energy means, you know, chemical reactions happen, and you end up with something that might be exothermic, that is, the products are more stable then the reactants.

能量表明，当反应发生之后，你最终会得到放热的产物，换句话说就是产物比反应物更稳定。

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