This video is a more detailed breakdown of a demonstration I showed in a previous YouTube Short, where a boiling sample of wax will burst into a fireball when placed in an ice bath. This demonstration is a good example of how environmental conditions affect a reaction. Even though the boiling hot wax is well above its autoignition temperature of 245 C, it won't autoignite until a vapor cloud is produced with the right amount of thermal energy, wax fuel, and oxygen gas present.
