Romance by Candlelight
Have you ever examined candlelight closely? It moves gently if there is even the slightest breeze in the room. But while it burns calmly, it doesn't move much like that. Let's take a closer look at the candle flame.
Sometimes I have romantic moments, especially in the winter months, for example, when I go to the dacha and light the fireplace, I love watching the burning fire in the fireplace.
Isn't it interesting how fire burns? How beautiful is the dance of the flame in that fireplace. The fireplace flame is flickering and warm.
If you turn off the lights in the evenings and have a glass of wine with you, the fireplace will have such an exotic atmosphere.
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It's one candle, it's two candles, it's three candles...
Candlelight is actually nice too.
Especially if you are going to have a romantic meal with your loved one, candle light is the most important decoration of that table.
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Have you ever examined candlelight closely?
It moves gently if there is even the slightest breeze in the room. But while it burns calmly, it doesn't move much like that.
Let's take a closer look at the candle flame.
The flame starts in a bluish color and round shape at the point where the wick of the candle comes out, then its form expands a little and takes on a reddish color, a little further up it becomes quite bright and close to yellow, and then it thins out to a color close to red again and above that the flame is no longer visible. It becomes more pointed, turns almost black, and sheds soot at the top.
How interesting is the gradual transformation of the initial blue color into other colors.
Then the tapering shape of that flame, this shape is also quite interesting.
This blue light is probably produced where the oxygen and paraffin in the still cold air at the bottom layer undergo a chemical reaction.
As you go up, the amount of oxygen in the air decreases, or rather, it may be because the oxygen concentration in the air decreases due to the released carbon dioxide. The reaction slows down and the color turns red.
But this time, with the help of the energy released by the reaction, the color turns brighter and turns yellowish.
Yes, due to the paraffin molecules running out of energy, the color of the reaction at the top turns into red light again, and then the candle flame dies down because there is not much oxygen left to burn the paraffin at this level, the flame turns black and the remaining paraffin molecules turn into black soot.
Do you think gravity might have an effect on candlelight?
Indirectly yes. Naturally, gravity affects the movement of oxygen and released carbon dioxide gas in the air.
Due to the heat, oxygen molecules rise by licking the flame, and their concentration decreases because they are involved in the reaction. On the other hand, it reduces the concentration of carbon dioxide gas released.
The result is candle flame! And the shape of the flame!
It's nice to eat by candlelight.
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So what would happen to the candle if we burned it in a zero-gravity environment?
Then the flame on the right in the cover picture would be the candle flame.
An evenly distributed reaction wall throughout the wax and a complete paraffin burn. Therefore, it is completely blue candle light.
Would such candle light provide a romantic atmosphere?
It depends on what you understand by romance.
Maybe this candle light may seem romantic to some.
I prefer fireplace fire or candle light as we know it.
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Yes, I'm in a romantic mood today, I'll tell the lady so we can have dinner by candlelight today.
A little science, a little romance.
With love and respect to everyone from Moscow.
