combustion reaction

[Jerryt12]

Can we tell if a substance is going to produce a lot of energy (when go through a chemical reaction) by looking at their electron configuration?

[DrP]

You can look at the bond energies of the reactants and the products of the combustion reaction and work out how much energy will be released.

[Jerryt12]

can you give an example?

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thanks,

 

but can you tell by looking at the electron configuration?