The white stream of smoke that comes up from an extinguished candle is that vapor. If someone were to hold a match to that vapor, it would ignite, the flame would travel downwards, and the candle ...

Experiment #1 A candle flame is actually a chemical reaction in action! Candle wax is one of the chemicals in the reaction. Can you guess what the wax reacts with? Find out in this experiment!

A candle is usually a cylinder of wax (usually a hydrocarbon) with a wick in the center. The wax is the fuel for the flame, which melts and is drawn up the wick by surface tension.

If you tilt a candle sideways, its flame always points up By KATHY WOLLARD. Special to Newsday May 2, 2014 If you tilt a candle sideways, why does the flame turn and keep pointing up? asks a reader.

My preferred way of putting out a candle is to lick my thumb and forefinger then pinch out the flame. This prevents the plume of white “smoke”, which is actually condensing paraffin wax.

Product news: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé has added to his series of candle holders with a design that looks like a bent pipe poking through a wall. Frederik Roijé's Wall of Flame candle ...

A fantastical silk road city comes to life in Nafiza Azad's richly detailed debut novel, The Candle and the Flame. Fatima works as a messenger in the melting pot of Noor, a bustling desert city ...

This re-imagining of the humble candle comes to us by way of plasma super-fan [Jay Bowles], who has a lot of experience with plasmas and the high-voltage circuits that often go along with them.

LuDela's remote control candle produces an actual flame at the touch of a button. Is it worth $99?

Why does the flame go out when the jar is covering it? The substance that reacts with the candle wax is oxygen. It comes from the air. Putting the jar over the candle keeps oxygen from outside the jar ...