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When the candle flame is burning, the flame heats the wax which melts it, the wick pulls in the liquid wax into the flame as fuel (this is why the wick doesn't just burn away). Think of a napkin soaking up water. The wax then burns in the flame and "disappears".

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Candle wax disappears as it is burned because the heat from the flame vaporizes the wax, turning it into gas and releasing it into the air. This process is known as combustion.

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