NOMER D.

SOLIVEN

GENERAL CHEMISTRY
PERFORMANCE TASK #3
EXPERIMENT NO.3
11 STEM-BAUTISTA

DOCUMENTATION:

MATERIALS:

•Beaker or Glass
•Small Candle
•A4 Coupon Bond
•Pencil
•Match

DRAW THE BELL JAR OR GLASS:

Guide Questions:
1.) What happened to the set up?
=When I cover the candle with glass, the flame start to die.
2.) What is the reason for the occurrence of what happened to the set up?
=The glass closes off the candle to any new air, so the flame uses up all the oxygen in its enclosed
environment and dies.
3.) What factor caused such result on the activity?
=Oxygen is the fuel for wax and makes the wick burn. When the candle is closed with the glass jar the
oxygen supply is stopped. Initially, the candle burns by making use of the oxygen within the glass and
slowly when there is no oxygen the flame goes off.
4.) What happened to the candle?
=The burning candle will extinguish because of lack of oxygen.