when the thermal energy is the energy contained within a system that is responsible for its temperature.
and when the thermal energy is can be determined by this formula:
q = M * C *ΔT
when q is the thermal energy
and M is the mass of water = 100 g
and C is the specific heat capacity of water = 4.18 joules/gram.°C
and T is the difference in Temperature = 50 °C
So by substitution:
∴ q = 100 g * 4.18 J/g.°C * 50
= 20900 J = 20.9 KJ
Usually (ignoring transition metals, as they kinda get trickier), the element's valency can be found out by its group (column) number. Usually, we ignore the transition metal block while counting these columns, so Aluminium is in group 3, for example. Since Aluminium is in group 3, it has 3 valence electrons.
Method:
1) Find the atomic number in a periodic table: the number of electrons equal the atomic number
2) Use Aufbau rule
Element atomic number electron configuration
<span>
P 15 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p3
Ca 20 </span><span><span>1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2
</span>Si 14</span><span> 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p2
S 16</span><span><span> 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p4
</span>Ga 31. </span><span><span> 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p</span> </span>
