what is the importance of knowing which candles burn faster the white or colored ones ?

Question

what is the importance of knowing which candles burn faster the white or colored ones tnx! :) this is for my investigatory project. please answer as soon as possible .. thank you very much

Answer 1

The white candle didn't burn the fastest. The fastest burning
candle was the yellow one which took twenty-two minutes and
twenty seconds, then red which took twenty- four minutes and
thirty seconds, then blue which took twenty-five minutes and
eleven seconds, then the white candle which took twenty-five
minutes and twenty seconds, and then the purple one which took twenty-six minutes and one second.
The fastest burning candle was the yellow one.
Get light colored candles because they burn the fastest.
Color really has an effect on burning candles.
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Student Researcher: Lindsay De Leeuw
School Address: Hillside Middle School
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Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007
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Teacher: Barbara A. Minar

Answer 2

The color of the candle has no relevance at all on whether it burns faster or not.
It is the type of wick that determines the speed of the melting.

This is from a website that answered the same question
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Does the color of a candle determine whether it will burn faster? Is there some ingredient that makes it burn faster?Jason, Avilla, Indiana, USA

A: Color makes no difference how fast a candle burns. "Black candles burn no faster than white," says chandler Stefan Phillips of the Island Candle Company.

Wick size is the primary factor determining candle-burning rate. "A larger wick is like stepping on the gas pedal," says Phillips. The big wick delivers more fuel to the burning flame.

By the way, a candle is a cylinder of solid fuel — paraffin wax — that surrounds a wick. How does it burn? Bringing a lit match to a wick melts and then vaporizes the wax coating the wick. The wax vapor combines with oxygen, and burns.

Wax is the most important ingredient that makes a candle burn faster. Soft wax has a higher oil content and lower melt temperature; therefore, it burns faster. Typically, candles in jars have soft wax, and pillar candles have hard wax. The longest burning candles are pillar candles made of a blend of beeswax and paraffin.

Burning tips (from the Island Candle Company):

• Trim your wick to 1/4 inch or less before you light a candle. Long wicks burn inefficiently and may smoke.

• Protect your candle from drafts, which can blow the flame to one side, and cause molten wax to run down the side of the candle. A dancing candle flame indicates a shortened candle life.

• After snuffing out the candle, straighten the curled wick with a toothpick while the wax is soft. A candle with a straight wick burns better and lasts longer.

Answer 3

in all probability the coloured candle will burn quicker than the white candle. A candle is white simply by fact it reflects away very practically each and all of the photons of white mild, alongside with each and all of the photons of the flame. on the severe, a black candle reflects very few photons yet quite absorbs them inflicting the wax to extra honestly soften and the candle to burn slightly warmer and quicker. in case you notice a crimson candle, etc. it has absorbed each and all of the photons different than people who reason you to verify crimson, etc. and could burn at a value between that of a white and black candle. That mentioned, for a actual candle, the pigment used to shade a candle could enter the wick and the two help or intrude with combustion of the wax (however the wick and pigments proceed to burn away to ash). Pigments accumulated in the wick could additionally take up photons making the flame slightly warmer. a warmer flame could set off extra air circulate (oxygen circulate) increasing combustion. the actual question is despite if a white candle or a black candle burns longer (Ans: they the two burn shorter!).

Answer 4

If there is a difference in burn rate between a white candle versus a colored one, then the difference is due to the dye used to color the candle.

Answer 5

I can think of no importance whatever. In any event, there is unlikely to be any difference.