How do candles burn? (and how do you light them with smoke?) - a podcast by Melissa and Jam
from 2021-07-29T04:38
#106
Candles are simple enough right? Probably nothing crazy going on right? Wrong. Where does all the wax go? And how does the wick just keep on burning so long? Let's find out.
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References from this episode
- http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=4566
- https://edu.rsc.org/lesson-plans/simple-chemical-reactions-how-do-candles-work-11-14-years/63.article
- https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/adventures-in-chemistry/experiments/flame-out.html
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/make-a-candle-flame-jump/
https://inchemistry.acs.org/atomic-news/shining-light-on-candles.html
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