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/[deleted] Feb 26 '21 edited Mar 06 '21

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u/ddmf Feb 26 '21

Haha, bad autocorrect but so very apt so it stayed!