The Chemical History of a Candle

The Chemical History of a Candle is a series of six lectures on the chemistry and physics of flames. Taking the everyday burning of a candle as a starting point, Faraday spans the arc from combustion and its products, via the components of water and air (oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon), back to the type of combustion that happens in the human body when we breathe. 


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