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Everthing You Should Know About Church Candles

by Galway

Candles have been used as sources of light for thousands of
years. The ways in which these candles have been made has
differed greatly over time. There has also been a wide variety of
different ways in which candles have been fuelled and also a wide
variety of different uses for candles. The humble candle has
become a multi use item with thousands of benefits that go well
beyond the initial use - to produce light.

The candle's other primary function has been to provide heat and
many versions of candles have been developed to maximise the heat
output. Candles have been around for a long time and in this time
they have been used in religious ceremonies and also for
timekeeping as well as for decoration, for air freshening and
also for adorning a birthday cake.

The products used to create candles are different all over the
world and throughout time candles have been made out of different
substances. Candles that were made in the early parts of the 19th
century were made from beef fat rendering known as tallow. The
modern candles are more commonly made from wax. There are many
different types of wax including gel, soy and beeswax but the
most predominant type of wax is paraffin.

Candles are typically made with a wick that is lit. This wick is
covered in wax which melts and vaporises. This vaporised wax
provides fuel to the fire and keeps the flame burning. This
encourages the candle to burn slowly and last for a long time.
The process is also beneficial as it is self sustaining and does
not require the person to monitor the candle or relight it.

As the flame warms the wax into vapour it works slowly down the
candle and slowly uses up the wax. This is an efficient method
that makes candles last longer. The science behind the burning of
a candle helps us understand the processes that go on when a
candle burns. In the area of the candle that burns blue a
reaction is taking place in which the hydrogen is being separated
from the wax and is burning. This process results in water
vapour. The yellowy section of the flame occurs as a result of
the oxidisation process that sees carbon dioxide being created
from the carbon.

The position of the wick as these processes take place is very
important to the time in which the wax is fuelled.  One way to
slow the rate at which the wax is used up is to reduce the length
of the wick. The shorter the length of the wick that is exposed
the longer the candle will last. Many people often decide to cut
their candle wicks short manually with scissors to lengthen the
life span of their candles. There are even special instruments
called wick trimmers that are designed to make this task easier.

There is evidence of candles that were in use in Roman times. At
this period of time many candles were made from the animal fat
residues and the long pith found in a rush. Beeswax was used as a
fuel by the Egyptians and many of their candles date back over
3000 years. By the 18th century was much more common for the fuel
to be extracted from the oil taken from sperm whales.

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