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When a candle is burnt, what type of changes take place? Give another example of a similar process.

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1. When a candle is burnt both physical and chemical changes take place. 

2. Burning of candle giving heat and light and reducing its size is a chemical change. 

3. The wax melted during burning again condenses to solid wax is a physical change. 

4. Part of the candle burnt is a permanent change and it cannot be reversed. 

5. Due to the burning of the candle, carbon dioxide and water vapour are produced. 

Examples: 

1) Burning of LPG in our kitchen. 

2) Liquid state of LPG in the cylinder is converted into a gaseous state when comes out This is a physical change. 

3) When LPG burns in air heat is produced, this is a chemical change.



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