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Candle Trick
markwarner » 9pm - Jan 5, 2012
How to light a candle without touching a flame to the wick. A common...
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Category: Materials
Tags: science, materials, burning, candle, relight, light, trick, magic, states, of, matter, wax, vapour, flame, fire, wick, burn, combustion, experiments, keystage2, keystage3
How to light a candle without touching a flame to the wick. A common misconception is that a candle burns by burning the wick. What is actually burning is wax vapour which is drawn up through the wick. When you blow a candle out, wax vapour continues to rise off the candle so you can light this vapour which burns back down to the wick, relighting the candle.
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