The Candela is a unit of the international basic system, with which the intensity of a light is measured. Colloquially in some Spanish-speaking countries, the candle is associated with a great flare in a fire, but in reality, a candle is the flame emitted by a common wax candle.
The candle was defined in 1948 at the General Congress of Weights and Measures held in Sèvres, France, in which it was defined as "one sixtieth of the light emitted by a square centimeter of pure platinum in solid state at temperature its melting point (2046 K) "
The use of this unit is in the field of chemistry, where different types of temperature, heat and light are applied to the reactants to study how they behave and what are the results of such interaction. Some bulbs may contain in their specifications the candela (Cd) they emit, for example, a 40W can emit up to 40 Cd, while a 100W bulb can produce a brightness intensity of up to 130 Cd. Fluorescent lamps are famous for their White and saving light can with only 40W produce up to 200 Cd. The huge lamps of a football stadium can produce millions of candela, enough to illuminate the entire space that a field represents.
Candela is also used as a proper name in countries such as Spain and Mexico, since it represents fire as an element of potential personality, Candela is used as a proper and artistic name.
