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How does the intensity of the light produced changes with different burning rates

Intensity is like brightness, and is measured as the rate at which


light energy is delivered to a unit of surface, or energy per unit time
per unit area
Combustion is exothermic reaction.
Explanation of atom emitting light. Atoms involved in the reaction
release energy. Electron of the atoms lose energy and make a
transition from a higher energy level to a lower energy level. The
loss of energy of the electron leads to the emission of a single
photon of light. The energy of the photon is exactly equal to the
energy difference between the two energy levels. Distinctive energy
levels of an atom mean that energy of the photons emitted, and
hence the wavelengths emitted will be unique to that atom. Hence
only the wavelengths emitted by the atoms which are within the
visible light spectrum can be seen. Hence the higher the burning
rate, the more energy the atoms releases resulting in higher rate of
emission of photons which is the visible light wavelength and higher
the light intensity is.

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