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The Effects of Hydrocarbons on Candle Burning
There's a lot going on there in that little flame that we use every day. As they're coming back down, I think we talked about that in the past. That's when it shows up. So I won't get too much into that, but you can go listen to that episode. If you have a guest, so if I guess, or if you like handles every day, right? The wax in candles is the fuel. Oh, interesting. Is that ignition? And then your your burning, you might also be burning the wick,. But there's a nice American chemical society video and they talked about the hydrocarbons and the wax being the fuel and the oxygen in
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