Tuesday, October 2, 2018

everyday life - How do candles and wicks work?


wick candles


The wick of my tea candle was buried in wax. So I lit a piece of paper and stuck it in the wax. Now the wax is burning off the paper, as if that were the wick.


The wax itself wouldn't light on fire without a wick, yet clearly what's burning is the wax, since the paper would have long ago burned up. What's going in here?




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