Wednesday, 17 August 2011

How a candle works

A canadle is made of wax and a wick sticking out the top .

A candle starts to work when you take the first step by lighting it, but you may be wondering why does the candle light? well this is how it works....

 The candle lights because the flame feeds off the wax and air, and the wick soaks up some of the wax and that is how it keeps on burning.

But did you know if you put a jar over the top of a candle it will only last a few seconds before all the oxygen is soaked up, and the flame dies.

So that is how a candle works.

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