Why does a candle make no smoke when it is lit but makes a lot of smoke when you blow it out?

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Why does a candle make no smoke when it is lit but makes a lot of smoke when you blow it out?

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Answer 1

Because the smoke is what is lit in the first place. It is vaporized wax and when you blow it out you take away a portion of the fire triangle away causing the reaction to halt, and the result is what would have been burning wax vapor as smoke until the heat drops and then the smoke stops too