The combustion of candles, containing paraffin wax, to carbon dioxide and water vapour is sublimation.

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Solution

The correct option is B False
The term sublimation refers to a physical change of state and is not used to describe transformation of a solid to a gas in a chemical reaction. The combustion of candles, containing paraffin wax, to carbon dioxide and water vapor is not sublimation but a chemical reaction with oxygen.

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