Warm candlelight gives your home a festive atmosphere, without which the Advent period, for example, would lose much of its charm. The video describes what happens chemically when a candle is burned.

 

References

• Klaus Roth, Chemistry of the Christmas Candle — Part 2, ChemistryViews 2011. https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.201000146
• The Science Behind Candles, ChemistryViews 2018.

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