If you lit a candle in zero gravity, what would it do?

Question

This is assuming a 'normal' air mixture.

Answer 1

<>"A microgravity flame forms a sphere surrounding the wick. Diffusion feeds the flame with oxygen and allows carbon dioxide to move away from the point of combustion, so the rate of burning is slowed. The flame of a candle burned in microgravity is an almost invisible blue color (video cameras on Mir could not detect the blue color). Experiments on Skylab and Mir indicate the temperature of the flame is too low for the yellow color seen on Earth."
http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfaqs/f/firegravity.htm

Answer 2

It would snuff itself out.

The key point about "heat rises", is that it draws fresh air toward the flame to provide fresh oxygen for the burning. With no preferred direction for the carbon dioxide to go, it stays trapped near the flame and the buildup snuffs out the flame.

Answer 3

You can't light a candle in zero gravity.

Answer 4

on condition which you wave the candles around or blow on them, by way of fact in the event that they held nevertheless in nevertheless air then they might expend each and every of the oxygen close to them and go out in a rely of seconds. this would not ensue in gravity by way of fact of convection.

Answer 5

You cannot light a candle in nero gravity.

Answer 6

it would still burn but the flame would be more round rather than the classical candle flame shape

Answer 7

Heat rises so there would be NO long upward flame..it would be like a modulating ball of fire

Answer 8

You would get a spherical flame.

Answer 9

It would look like this:

http://www.science-ebooks.com/phy/images/candle.gif

Answer 10

you would in fact get a spherical flame.