Jared G.
The purpose of this experiment was to determine what type of wax burns the longest in candle form. To carry out this experiment four different kinds of wax were melted down and then molded in PVC tubing. These wax types that were molded in the same fashion were then cut into 3.75-cm candles. The candles were then burned in-groups according to their wax type. The four different types of wax that were tested in the experiment were Carnauba wax, plain Paraffin wax, Beeswax and Paraffin wax with Stearic Acid additive. The burn times of the waxes were recorded and then averaged.
After finishing the experiment it was found that Carnauba wax had
the longest average burn time (20.71 minutes) of all the waxes that were
tested. Paraffin with Stearic Acid additive had the second longest average
burn time (19.43 minutes). Plain Paraffin was far behind (15.09 minutes)
and Beeswax was close behind that (14.62 minutes), making Beeswax the shortest
burning type of wax in the experiment.
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