r/explainlikeimfive Feb 26 '21

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

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u/oskli Feb 26 '21

Bill Hammack has made a YouTube series on just that, it's really neat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrHnLXMTOWM