Candle
Make a beeswax candle
Make your own beeswax tea light candle – you can do it at home!
What you need
- a gas stove or larger candle
- matches
- a stainless steel pot, ladle or other container suitable for melting wax
- an aluminium candle mould
- a wick
- beeswax – flakes
Procedure
1. Scoop the beeswax flakes into the mould.
2. Pour the wax into the pot or ladle.
3. Light the gas stove. Place the container of wax over it and hold it with one hand.
4. Pour the melted wax into the mould.
5. Stick the wick in, let it set and you're done!
Did you know?
Wax is an amorphous substance. The melting point of amorphous substances (glass, paraffin, wax), cannot be precisely determined, meaning these substances melt gradually. Making and using a candle lets us see all its states – the solid and liquid wax and gaseous wax vapours as the candle burns.
The opposite can be observed, for example, as lead melts; it turns from a solid to a liquid in a flash. Lead is a solid crystalline substance with a melting point of 327 °C.
🔗 See more experiments with Mendel here.
Informace pro Vás
- You can try these experiments anywhere.
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Most of the time, all you need is what you already have at home.
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So let’s get started—your experiments are waiting!
