What happensto the candle particles when they melt?

Answer 1

When something melts, particles(atoms) are going from a sold to a liquid form of the same atom. Therefore, the particles spread apart from eachother, but bc of the Law of Conservation of Mass, do not disappear.

Answer 2

The wick and the wax are all burned in the process. Burning of the wax and wick in air could generally be looked at as a process of oxidization. The chemical bonds that hold the hydrocarbon chains together in the wax are broken by the heat, and the atoms of carbon and hydrogen recombine with oxygen to create (mostly) water and carbon dioxide. The reactions liberate heat (it's an exothermic reaction), and the heat "feeds" the reaction and it will continue. The wick is, or course, chemically different from the wax, but the largely carbon and hydrogen molecules will undergo a similar chemical transformation. The wick is oxidized, too. It should be noted that the combustion process produces a number of chemical byproducts other than water and carbon dioxide. It's just that those two are the major resultants. Among the byproducts released is some "stuff" that we label as incomplete combustion byproducts. But there are few of them. With the candle burning in open air, the combustion cycle will be largely "completed" on the fuel (the wax and wick). The resulting chemical end products are largely innocuous and are safe to be around. (The threat of a fire started by a candle towers over any other hazard this item poses.)

Answer 3

There is a chemical and physical. physical :

Answer 4

They change state from solid, until it melts and turns to liquid, and then if melted even it could turn to gas, sending sent throughout the air.

Answer 5

the product is incomplete combustion of paraffin wax and is soot.