Question
Why does a candle become smaller on burning with time?

Answer

On heating, candle wax melts, then turns into vapour which reacts with air to produce two new substances, carbondioxide and water. Therefore a candle on burning becomes smaller and smaller and the part of wax which has undergone chemical change cannot be recovered.

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