Simple Aesthetic Candle to Light the Dark World

A prolonged rainy season can have both positive and negative impacts on society. The rainy season often causes flooding and power outages. The existence of a power outage is enough to interfere with community activities, especially if a power outage occurs at night. There have been many forms of lighting technology, such as flashlights, emergency lights, and so on, that can be used in the event of a power outage. However, many people still use simple lighting such as candles. Candles are still an alternative for lighting when there is a power outage because they are quite cheap and easy to obtain. However, we sometimes forget where we put our candles or even run out of candles in the event of a sudden power outage.

These problems can be overcome by making simple candles from improvised materials that are easy to find around. Materials and tools that can be used to make emergency candles include cooking oil, water, glass cups, cotton buds, or cotton. Used cooking oil is one of the raw material wastes that grows rapidly in the household environment which has a negative impact on body health and the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to make efforts to utilize used cooking oil into something useful to minimize waste cooking oil and reduce environmental pollution. The purpose of this activity is to increase students’ knowledge of the impact of using and disposing of used cooking oil on the health of the body and the environment.

Increasing students’ knowledge about the impact of using and disposing of used cooking oil on body health and the environment. Increasing a students’ knowledge of products made from used cooking oil, namely simple aesthetic candles. This increases skills in making simple aesthetic candles by using used cooking oil as a basic ingredient. The results of this activity can be observed directly after the activity is carried out.

Waste cooking oil is used for daily activities and even has the potential to help in illuminating environments when there is a power outage at night. Students can also observe that the oil absorbed in the cotton bud can make the flame last longer. Cooking oil will not mix with the water underneath. This is because water molecules are polar. Oils, on the other hand, have nonpolar molecules that have no charge.

In the experiments that have been carried out, students can find out that cooking oil will not mix with the water underneath. This is because water molecules are polar. Oils, on the other hand, have nonpolar molecules that have no charge. Therefore, oil molecules are attracted to other oil molecules, not water molecules, making the two immiscible. Used cooking oil can be repurposed as an alternative energy source for lighting. Lamps made from used cooking oil can replace other sources such as candles, flashlights, and kerosene lamps. With the conclusions that students have made, the lamp wick can light up when lit, the lamp wick can light up brightly, and the flame from the wick can last long enough before the cooking oil runs out.

How to make simple aesthetic candles from simple materials that are easy to find? Materials and tools that can be used to make emergency candles include used cooking oil, water, glass cups, cotton buds, or cotton. First, put the marbles in a glass cup and place the cotton buds in the middle of the marbles so that the cotton buds stand upright. Next, put the water into the glass, filling it to 50% of the glass, then add the used cooking oil into the glass. You will see that used cooking oil does not dissolve and separates from the water. After all the materials have been assembled, a simple emergency candle has been created for use in the event of a power outage.