"jonathon arquette" <efywyrdwnqwq@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> The flame of a candle is a beautiful little light that ****nes on
> bright in the dark as a symbol of hope, and truth. And yet, behind the
> symbolic im****tance of the candle, there is a chemical truth that is
> inescapable. It is the life of the fire, and the nature of the candle,
> and it determines whether the flame ignites and how long it lasts when
> it does.
> A candle is composed of a wick, which is embedded in some sort of fuel
> which will burn when it comes in contact with a flame. Before a candle
> is lit, the wick is immersed in this fuel to allow it to catch flame.
> When a fire is brought in contact with a wick soaked in fuel, the heat
> melts the fuel, and then va****izes it, allowing it to combine with
> oxygen in the air. The result is a fire which is just powerful enough
> to keep itself lit, without consuming its fuel too rapidly to be of
> use.
> The stasis which allows a flame to remain in tact comes from the fact
> that the heat of the flame on the wick is enough to melt the fuel, or
> wax, of the candle. Once the fuel has been reduced to liquid form, it
> is able to move up the candle wick via a process known as capillary
> action. Once the wax fuel is in the wick, it can supply the flame with
> the raw materials it needs to keep burning brightly enough to melt
> even more wax....
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/waterforfueld
Wow. I thought you just lit them and they burned until they were gone :)
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