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How is burning a candle a chemical change?

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It is a chemical change because gas is use as a chemical. It also has friction when your trying to light it. The match is similar.
Burning a candle is a chemical change because the wick is being changed into two things: ash and smoke. It is no longer a wick, and it's properties have changed.

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