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How does the law of conservation of mass apply when wax appears to disappear as a burns?
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∙ 13y ago
Solid wax, a hydrocarbon, burns in oxygen (from the air) to produce invisible carbon dioxide and water (steam). So you see the wax disappear in a flame but don't notice the equivalent mass of hot gasses rising up.
Weight of candle before lighting = 50g say.
Weight the gases (not easy!) after candle completely gone = 50g.
Compare and contrast the nuclear fission or a Uranium candle.
Weight of candle before 'lighting' = 50g
Weight of all products of nuclear fission after candle (and most likely your laboratory, street, town etc) has completely gone = 49.999g (or something).
Where has the 0.00001g gone? An awful lot of heat.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoBecause the wax is consumed - ie. oxidzed. It is converted by chemical reaction to gasses and soot (carbon).
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