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🕯️ Candle Flame and Wick Physics Lab

Interactive 3D candle simulator where adjusting wick length and wax type reshapes the flame's dark, blue, and luminous zones, showing how capillary flow and soot formation control height and brightness.

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This simulation shows how capillary action feeds molten wax to a candle wick and how the resulting flame organises itself into a dark vapour core, a hot blue combustion shell, and a luminous soot-glowing outer zone.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

🎮 How to Use

Use the wax type selector and wick length slider to see the flame's height, color balance, and soot cloud respond in real time, and use the pause and relight buttons to freeze or reset the flicker animation.

💡 Did You Know?

The blue zone of a candle flame can reach roughly 1400 degrees Celsius, hotter than the luminous yellow zone, even though the yellow zone looks far more intense to the eye.

⚙ Under the hood

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install