Experiment: Candle under a balloon?

In chemistry class at school, we were given a question: If you put a candle under a balloon, it will burst but not explode. I found this question very confusing. Can someone explain why this is the case?

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Elektroheizer
2 months ago

Replace the air in the balloon with, for example, hydrogen. Then you have your explosion.

Since air in the balloon is not combustible, at most the candle is blown out. That’s all. The air in the balloon is under low pressure. When the balloon tears, the air expands abruptly. Therefore, the bang, because the expanding air generates a pressure wave that perceives our eardrum as a bang.

So Knall, explosion no.

Elektroheizer
2 months ago
Reply to  Linus653

I was thinking