Eli5: What happens to all the melted candle over time? Are we just inhaling a whole candle while it burns?

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Eli5: What happens to all the melted candle over time? Are we just inhaling a whole candle while it burns?

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Pretty much, but the wax decomposes when burning into mostly water, carbon dioxide, some various carbon compounds and some other random compounds. Most of it just dissipates.

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