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A candle’s wick is the fabric string that holds the flame, and it burns down at a constant slow pace when the candle is lit. The wick is usually surrounded by wax.
Which is the most important property of covalent compounds that makes them useful for making candle wax?
a low boiling point
a low melting point
a high boiling point
a high melting point
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High melting point.
Candle wax needs to be solid at room temperature so it holds its shape and slowly melts only near the flame. Long-chain covalent hydrocarbons (paraffin) have sufficiently high melting points and high boiling points so they don't evaporate quickly, making them ideal for candles.
Candle wax needs to be solid at room temperature so it holds its shape and slowly melts only near the flame. Long-chain covalent hydrocarbons (paraffin) have sufficiently high melting points and high boiling points so they don't evaporate quickly, making them ideal for candles.
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