1. Ask the adult you are working with to light the candle. 2. Watch the candle flame start out small and get bigger. Notice how some of the wax near the wick melts. 3. As the flame burns, the wax from ...

In fact, turn a candle upside down, and its flame will shift around to point to the ceiling, as if pulled by an invisible force. The result is a torrent of hot wax, as the flame envelops a now ...

There is a delightful poster of candle combustion in The Chemical Atlas by Edward Livingston Youmans, which was published in 1856.. David Muir Edinburgh, UK. When you light a candle, the flame ...