candles and wax what is a fuel?
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does wax count as a fuel?
wax slows down the burning process of a wick.
wax also stops the wick from burning dark and smelly gasses?
if you were to alight just wax, would it burn freely?
why is wax used in candles?
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wax is infact a fuel. It is actually obtained from the distillation of crude oil, and is known as a hydrocarbon. The wick is a medium for which the melted wax can travel up and combust with oxygen. Between the hydrocarbon chains that make up the wax, there are forces called "intermolecular forces" meaning that there is a slight attraction between the hydrocarbon molecules. This slight attraction, helps drag the next hydrocarbon chain up the wick for burning. The wax is burnt before the wick hence no "dark and smelly gasses" that string would usually produce. Wax is a very long carbon chain. It is known that the longer the carbon chain, the slower the hydrocarbon takes to ignite. methane only has one carbon in it’s chain, so it is really quick to burn. The wax that is used for candles, may have as many as 30 carbons or more in one chain. For this reason, there is a slow burn, and the length of the hydrocarbon for wax also stops the whole candle from catching a light. I hope that this makes sense.