• Question: what is the temperature of a candle flame?

    Asked by panda11 to Adam, Amylou, Mark L, Samantha on 22 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Amy Evans

      Amy Evans answered on 22 Jun 2012:

      Hi panda11

      This depends on the wax and how much water is in the air. It’s somewhere between 1,200°C and 1,700°C. The hottest part of the flame is the outer core (the light blue bit) which is around 1400 °C. Towards the center of the flame the temperature gets lower. The red part is around 800 °C.

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