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It is a soft, dark material that shows up well on white paper and can be rubbed off.
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The mineral graphite is often used as?
graphite is often used for pencil lead
What is the graphite of a pencil?
It is the part of the pencil that makes the mark on the paper. Pencils used to use lead for this but the lead has been replaced with graphite.
What mineral is used for making pencil lead?
What is the mineral used in the pencil that you write with? Graphite.
What mineral is used to make pencil lead?
Graphite.
A type of coal commonly used in pencil lead?
Graphite is used to make pencil lead, but it is not a form of coal.
What is the Use of graphite powder?
Graphite is used as a lubricant and, mixed with clay, in pencil lead.
What is a pencil lead made of?
Pencil lead is made of graphite and clay. Newer recipes for pencil lead use waxy polymers to bind the graphite to produce a lead that does not snap when the pencil is flexed.
What material is used in pencils?
Pencil lead is actually graphite.
What is the material used in pencils?
Pencil lead is actually graphite.
How was the number 2 pencil named?
It has to do with the kind of graphite or material used as the lead for the pencil.
Does pencil lead have coal in it?
Pencil lead does not have coal. Pencil lead contains graphite.
How do they get lead out of pencil?
we get lead of pencil from the mixture of clay and graphite
