Why do candles only smoke when they’re put out?
In: Chemistry
The smoke is little bits of candle that started to burn but didn’t burn completely. When the candle is lit it’s hot enough to completely burn the wax. When you put it out the temperature goes down but not enough to completely stop it from burning so it continues to poorly burn the wax and give off smoke until it is cool enough that no burning at all happens.
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