What does a candle emit when it burns?

Subject: What does a candle emit when it burns?

Date: Thu May 21 09:11:37 2009
Posted by Daniel
Grade level: K-3 School: homeschool
City: Atlanta State/Province: GA Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1242922297.Ch

Message:


Today, our experiment was to test to see what happens when a piece of ice was 
held close to a small candle flame. The obvious results were: the ice melted, 
and the melting ice extinguished the flame. The surprise result was that a 
black spot appeared on the ice. We guessed it might be carbon. Are we right?

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