How do candles burn? (and how do you light them with smoke?)

<p><strong>#106</strong></p><p>Candles are simple enough right? Probably nothing crazy going on right? Wrong. Where does all the wax go? And how does the wick just keep on burning so long? Let's find out.</p><p>Like the show? <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">Buy us a coffee to help keep our show going AND free.</a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=4566">http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=4566</a></li> <li><a href="https://edu.rsc.org/lesson-plans/simple-chemical-reactions-how-do-candles-work-11-14-years/63.article">https://edu.rsc.org/lesson-plans/simple-chemical-reactions-how-do-candles-work-11-14-years/63.article</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/adventures-in-chemistry/experiments/flame-out.html">https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/adventures-in-chemistry/experiments/flame-out.html</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/make-a-candle-flame-jump/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/make-a-candle-flame-jump/</a></li> <li> <a href="https://inchemistry.acs.org/atomic-news/shining-light-on-candles.html">https://inchemistry.acs.org/atomic-news/shining-light-on-candles.html</a><p></p> </li> </ol><p><br></p><p><br>Find us on <a href="http://instagram.com/chemforyourlife">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/chemforyourlife">Twitter</a>, and <a href="http://facebook.com/chemforyourlife">Facebook</a> @ChemForYourLife.<br>Email us at <a>chemforyourlife@gmail.com</a><br>And check out our chill, simple little website at <a href="https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/">https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/</a><br>And seriously, we love using Transistor. <a href="https://transistor.fm/?via=jam">Check it out to be sure your podcast