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How does a burning candle show both physical and chemical changes?


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A burning candle produces wax vapours that solidify and form wax again is a physical change. At the same time wax on burning produces water vapours and carbon dioxide which escape into the atmosphere which are new substances with new properties. It is a chemical change.
Hence burning of candles shows both physical and chemical changes.



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