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A small stable flame of a candle has a lot less black smoke than a larger flickering flame. Air around the burning candle causes this to happen.

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The black residue is mostly carbon. Fire reduces (most) substances to their base elements. And everything on earth that burns is made of carbon, or contains it.

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