ArticleEnvironmental science & technology letters2025
Flame-Free Candles Are Not Pollution-Free: Scented Wax Melts as a Significant Source of Atmospheric Nanoparticles.
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- Fate of 1 to 6 nm Candle Combustion Nanoparticles in Indoor Atmospheric Environments.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Scented wax melts are being popularized as a safer, nontoxic alternative to traditional candles and incense for indoor aromatherapy. We performed field measurements in a residential test house to investigate atmospheric nanoparticle formation from scented wax melt use. We employed a high-resolution particle size magnifier-scanning mobility particle sizer (PSMPS) and a proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR-TOF-MS) for real-time monitoring of indoor atmospheric nanoparticle size distributions and terpene mixing ratios, respectively. Our findings reveal that terpenes released from scented wax melts react with indoor atmospheric ozone (O
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