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Whichever wax you choose, remember that a qualified candle will not release feathery smoke. That would cause health problems, says Dr. Jerome Nellour, of the Michigan Public Health University. "If the candle does not burn in sufficient air, it will release the smell of diesel-like gas," he said. "But if you burn the candles reasonably, do not have a lot of smoke." He suggested cutting the candle before the candle, and be sure to keep it in a well-ventilated place. That means opening the windows at least to keep your breathing smooth.

Candles in general can be divided according to the shape of extruded cylindrical wax, cusp wax, torch wax, floating wax, round wax, flat wax, color, there are many. These candles in the use of some of the more particular about, such as the tip of bamboo wax, suitable for eating when inserted in the candlestick, placed in the middle of the table, especially in Western common, if the home decoration is European style, can also be placed in the living room as Decorations. Bleaching wax is common in bars, pour water in a container vessel, the floating wax on the water, it is floating on the water, secretly candlelight do not have a mood. Bleaching wax in the young.??Now the main raw material of the candle is the paraffin wax which is obtained from the waxy fraction of petroleum by cold pressing or solvent dewaxing. It is a mixture of several higher alkanes, mainly n-docosane (C22H46) and n- Alkane (C28H58), about 85% carbon element, about 14% hydrogen-containing element. Stearic acid, polyethylene, flavor, etc., which stearic acid (C17H35COOH) is mainly used to improve the softness, the specific addition depends on the type of candle to produce what may be.

??Candles originated in primitive torches. Primitive people to fat or wax, a class of things painted in the bark or wood chips, tied together, made a torch for lighting. Around the third century BC, the beeswax may be seen today, the prototype of the candle. In the West, for a time, the monasteries used bees to make bees, which was mainly because the Catholic Church considered beeswax a symbol of the virgin conception, so they regarded the beeswax as pure light, enshrined on the altar of the church . From the existing literature, beeswax produced in China roughly the same time with the West, Japan is in the Nara era (710 ~ 784 years) from the introduction of this candle, and modern candles, ancient candles have many shortcomings . Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin, "When a total of cut the West window candle," the poem.