Ok , so whats the science behind it , can someone explain to me please …
How can a lit candle kept beside the stove while cooking , reduce the food smell around the house 
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It does not reduce that smell , it overpowers it. And for that matter you can light it anywhere not necessarily near the stove.
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Mirch, see thats what I dont understand .. when frying kababs like chapli kabab , which has a very very strong aroma .. lighting a candle on the counter, how can it overpower that very strong aroma? or is it that candle smell appears to be not as strong but it actually absorbs other odours around it?
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Mirch, see thats what I dont understand .. when frying kababs like chapli kabab , which has a very very strong aroma .. lighting a candle on the counter, how can it overpower that very strong aroma? or is it that candle smell appears to be not as strong but it actually absorbs other odours around it?
No it does not absorb , the only thing which is known to absorb odors or aromas is baking soda. But it takes lot of time . The quick fix is and which I use to spray some good room air freshener . They all work by the principle of overpowering.
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The candle thing works though when frying fish! Ok I remember reading it somewhere that odours are attached to oxygen, and flame eliminates oxygen, eliminating the odour with it.
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Nuclear , thanks for that.. now its making sense to me ..
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No it does not absorb , the only thing which is known to absorb odors or aromas is baking soda. But it takes lot of time . The quick fix is and which I use to spray some good room air freshener . They all work by the principle of overpowering.
No way bhai mian... What u have then is air that smells like shami rose kebabs!
The candle thing works for the reason nuclear gave. Aap try tho karein na
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No way bhai mian... What u have then is air that smells like shami rose kebabs!
The candle thing works for the reason nuclear gave. Aap try tho karein na
OK since I am not a student of science so I will take whatever scientific reasoning is given by nuclear , but one candle cannot burn all the oxygen in a room so fast , you might have to light many for burning the oxygen theory to work.
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and now I have one more question .. that means any kind of fire should help reduce the food smell … why lighting a candle only.. can we not turn on the extra three stoves … its the same concept, the flame will reduce the oxygen in the room, making way for fresh air 
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aha. a candle consumes oxygen by the process of combustion. the odour molecules attach themselves to the oxygen molecules in the air, so as the candle wick continues to burn it uses oxygen to sustain the flame, thus using up the odour-attached-oxygen. how much a candle uses up oxygen depends on the type of wax, its thickness and the size of the wick, also the strength of the smell/origin of odour.
any flame would remove odour, whether it's matches (there are people who light a matchstick when they go for no.2)- depends on where the energy is being used. e.g. when we are cooking on a gas stove, all the energy is being used to heat the pan. if we light another gas, it will eliminate odour but gas is expensive and we can't have gas in every room around the house. i think?
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because the candle flame uses oxygen from the atmosphere to sustain itself.
the gas hobs have air shutters through which the air is supplied for the flame.
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aha good catch and there is a stove burning under the pot or wok or fryer which is 1000 times bigger than the tiny little wick of the candle why it is not doing the job of burning odor attached molecules of the oxygen ?
Hence my theory is more plausible than that of nuclearreceptor .
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But it is burning the same air from the kitchen. It is not like candle is releasing some sex pheromones to attract those molecules of oxygen which have odor molecules attached to them. :ahaa:
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But it's not burning the air around the flame, the air is coming from the plates.
The candle will burn using the air surrounding the flame.
You also need to consider the type of combustion I'm sure.
I don't know the science behind it it works in strong cooking odors. Some of our food aroma is offensive to others especially if you live in apartment complexes of attached houses. Lots smells which make our mouth waters is repulsive to others especially if they are not same nationality. I wanted to puke every time out neighbors roasted any time of pork. They found the smell to be heavenly. So on same token I am sure they found a lot of our food smells offensive. I heard that burning a scented candles eliminates this problem so we have been doing that ever since :o to keep the peace!
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I turn on exhaust fan. Moom battian only for special occasion. :@:
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The candle thing works though when frying fish! Ok I remember reading it somewhere that odours are attached to oxygen, and flame eliminates oxygen, eliminating the odour with it.
Errm, but if you are using a gas stove to fry fish, you would have an open flame already there. Why need a candle then.
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A gas stove has its own air supply coming into and leaving the unit, so as to not leave the products of combustion inside the kitchen, so it would not need the air from the kitchen for it to burn.
A candle however uses up air from the atmosphere for it to continue burning (once you light the wick with a match, the wick requires oxygen to carry on burning), so it's pretty much burning *because *it's using up oxygen (if you cover a burning candle with a beaker, eventually it will extinguish once the oxygen is used up in the burning process)- the wax itself is there to slow down the burning or it would burn as fast as a matchstick would.
p.s. edit it's funny how sab dimaagh bhiroye huwey hain ahahaha
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A gas stove has its own air supply coming into and leaving the unit, so as to not leave the products of combustion inside the kitchen, so it would not need the air from the kitchen for it to burn.
A candle however uses up air from the atmosphere for it to continue burning (once you light the wick with a match, the wick requires oxygen to carry on burning), so it's pretty much burning *because *it's using up oxygen (if you cover a burning candle with a beaker, eventually it will extinguish once the oxygen is used up in the burning process)- the wax itself is there to slow down the burning or it would burn as fast as a matchstick would.
p.s. edit it's funny how sab dimaagh bhiroye huwey hain ahahaha
What the heck are your talking about , gas fired stoves are open flame stoves and they need air from the atmosphere to burn. Cover it with something and it will extinguish in few seconds that is the proof.