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what determines the amount of chemical energy a substance has?

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The amount of chemical energy a substance has is influenced by its structure and the bond the substance has.

Some bond is release energy when broken, other bond need some energy to break. The structure will also influence the chemical energy.
One of substance with high chemical energy is adenosine triphosphate which was used as energy source in a living organism. The phosphate bond in this molecule worth about 30.5 kJ/moles