What is the difference between the burning of a candle and the burning of a fuel like coal? [2 MARKS]

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When a candle is lighted, it burns with a flame since the energy falls in the visible spectrum.
When coal is heated, it undergoes combustion without a flame since it does not fall in our visible spectrum.

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