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Author | Topic: a question about how candles work.. | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 679 |
last night i was high and was wondering this.. why isn't wax flamable? why do candles only burn at the wick but do not ignite the way gasoline or alcohol would? my theory is that since wax is so dense, no oxygen can enter and cause it to combust. when it coats the wick, however, since it's thin and vertical, the molecules are far apart enough to allow oxygen to mix with it cause a combustion. is this true? does anybody know how they really work? | ||
Guru Posts: 2463 |
Holy Shit, are you high right now, that is the type of question that would only come up when someone is stoned. How do candles work? Thats funny shit. Kind of like " Why does the wind blow?" ------------------ | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 679 |
no, i'm not high right now, i'm at work. but i was high last night when i was thinking about it. | ||
Guru Posts: 2463 |
Didnt know your in Dallas, I am going to have to come up there and meet the Dallas crew. ------------------ | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 679 |
definitely, you should. were are you? | ||
Moderator Posts: 1771 |
NW Houston! woo woo woo woo woo! | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 679 |
well shit, johnnyo - you can come down here too! | ||
Amateur Bodybuilder Posts: 60 |
i'm goin' up to big D for the cowboys/giants game in december....takin' my CFO with me, who happens to be a die-hard Giants fan...gonna be fun to see him get the shit kicked out of him... can't wait till we get our NFL team into Houston! ss | ||
Freak Posts: 1765 |
JUST DONT GET DRUNK, YOU MAY BECOME MRS JONNY O | ||
Guru Posts: 2463 |
I live right by Johnny O, Northwest Side Woof Woof Woof ------------------ | ||
Pro Bodybuilder Posts: 522 |
we should all get high and then hire a hooker to come over and pee on decibel. decibel where do you live anyways? i'm in plano. ------------------ | ||
Guru Posts: 2463 |
Decibel, your the one who ate out that hoe, shit sounds like a plan to me. ------------------ | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 679 |
heh, heh, yeah, i was the one.. and tomorrow is my birthday so i might have to get myself a present i live in carrollton - on midway and trinity mills - unfortunately. i hate this place. | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 843 |
Shit nobody has answered the FUCKING QUESTION! I have to know! | ||
Freak Posts: 1554 |
Dear God! A candle burns because of the slow realse of o2 and co2 from the wax. The wick burn slow because of a lack of exposed surface area. Didn't you guy take some kind of chemistry in JR. HIGH SCHOOL! ------------------ | ||
Moderator Posts: 1771 |
oh wow.. how old are you going to be? my birthday is the 22nd. | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 679 |
i'll be 25. wodin - that might be why the candle burns, but i guess what i was asking is why doesn't the whole damn thing ignite? if you hold a flame to a candle, it'll melt, but it wont light up - why? | ||
Freak Posts: 1692 |
Hey d-man, You ever ate at Nate's on Midway? I got a friend that does rail's with him when we are there. hehehehe! $1.50 draft beer ever day during happy hoursss! | ||
Elite Bodybuilder Posts: 679 |
never even heard of nate's. i don't drink beer so i don't know much about bars. you do rails? | ||
Freak Posts: 1692 |
Nate's is a cajun food place at the corner of Midway and Beltline, just down from Champs and all that stuff. "All these lines on my face getting clearer, ssnnnnnnnn! the past is gone" What song! | ||
Pro Bodybuilder Posts: 503 |
Because it's not a flammable substance at the temperatures generated by the type of flame you are applying. Neither is rock. Or glass. Or steel. Or lots of things... | ||
Pro Bodybuilder Posts: 593 |
AEROSMITH,DREAM ON!!!!!!!!!! |
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