2007-01-13 23:53:20 · 10 answers · asked by k8y81xxx 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
It just melts, and sits there in the candle, and dribbles down the candle into the saucer or whatever you have your candle sitting in....
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2007-01-14 00:02:02 · answer #1 · answered by Kesta♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Conclusion:
Part of the wax turns into gas
Part of the wax turns into a mushy (still wax) state.
Wax partly becomes a vapor and dissppears in to the air, and partly goes into a mushy state and forms down on the sides of the candle.
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Wax serves as the fuel for the candle's wick.
When you light up a candle, the fire then consumes the vaporizing wax which is on the wick itself. It will partially burn, but in order for it to continue burning, it needs the solid wax you see surrounding the wick.
The fire burns the wax and turns it into vapor. While process is taking place, the partial heat of the fire heats and melts the other waxes on the outer side of the candle.
Thus, the fire on the wick burns the "inner core" and produces a gas, while it burns the "outer core" and causes the excess wax to form a mushy state on the sides of the candle.
2007-01-14 08:10:30 · answer #2 · answered by The Impresario 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wax is the fuel of the candle, so wax burns....but sometimes wax also flow down the candle.
2007-01-14 07:58:59 · answer #3 · answered by sparviero 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Er....it drips down the side of the candle? It's only the wick that is consumed by the flame...the wax is just the fuel, like petrol in a car. If you save it all up and melt it down you can make a new candle with a new wick.
2007-01-14 07:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by lou b 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The heat of the flame melts nearby wax, which is drawn up the wick by osmosis to where the temperature is hot enough for it to react with oxygen in the air, releasing light, heat and the byproducts of combustion, mainly CO2 and water vapour.
2007-01-14 09:55:02 · answer #5 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It transforms partly to a gasseous state, you can see the smoke sometimes. The rest which doesnt get hot enough to vapourise ends up on the floor, burning a hole in your socks.
2007-01-14 07:58:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
up and out the wick - the energy that creates the burning
2007-01-14 07:56:50 · answer #7 · answered by djtanybee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
burnt into carbon dioxide and oxygen and water
2007-01-14 08:43:18 · answer #8 · answered by Death Blade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it eventually evaporates into the air.
2007-01-14 07:57:00 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all over my table....
2007-01-14 07:56:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋