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The yellow part is glowing soot particles. Where it stops being yellow, it has mostly burned up (turned into carbon dioxide). No surprise that there's a lot of
by ahartmetz 6y ago
The yellow part is glowing soot particles. Where it stops being yellow, it has mostly burned up (turned into carbon dioxide). No surprise that there's a lot of soot in the flame.
- kazinator 6y agoWhere it stops being yellow, the particles have just cooled down so they don't glow. At that point, you see a black trail of smoke wafting upward. You won't see easily that by the light of the candle alone, though.
- ahartmetz 6y agoHold a spoon above the flame, it takes a long time to become black, if at all. Hold it into the flame, it becomes black instantly. You need to explain why that is so to convince me.
- celticninja 6y agoThe spoon causes more soot to be created by interfering with the combustion process.