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Im not sure but i think u shoukld hollow the middle

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Q: How do you make a pencil lead float on water?
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How do you make metal float but not on water?

I can make a iron nail float. Simply melt some lead and the iron will float on top of the lead. Your question seems to be with regard to how do Boats float and the answer is Bouyancy. The Boat displaces a volume of water and if the weight of the displaced water is less than the weight of the boat, the boat will float.


What can you make from lead?

you can make pencil material


Can pencil lead make you die?

No


How do you make pencil lead by using charcoal?

pencil lead is not charcoal but rather graphite molded with clay and hardened


A type of coal commonly used in pencil lead?

Graphite is used to make pencil lead, but it is not a form of coal.


Why can pencil lead can be used to make a light bulb?

A "pencil lead" is a mixture of the graphite allotrope of carbon mixed with clay and baked hard. While a pencil lead will conduct electricity, it can not be used to make a light bulb.


How do you make an organic pencil?

With wood and lead


What mineral is used to make pencil lead?

Graphite.


Why sharpening a pencil is a different type of physical change than freezing water to make ice cubs?

Although they both still have the same basic elements (i.e. pencil and lead vs water), there is a physical state change that occurs when you freeze water to make ice. Sharpening/shaving down a pencil only results in a difference of shape and size. It's about the same as ripping paper vs burning paper. Also, freezing water to make ice is a reversible change (you can melt ice to turn it back into water) and shaving a pencil is an irreversible change (you can't sharpen a pencil and then put the pencil shavings back onto the pencil.)


Can you put salt in water to make an object float?

If the object does not quite float in water, adding salt to the water might make the object float, yes.


How hot does pencil lead have to be to explode?

Pencil lead used to explode fairly easily when I lived in Bulgaria in 1995. We used to make it explode with only a lighter. It would take about a minute to make a 2 inch piece of lead explode. When I moved to America, I was sad to find that American pencil lead does not explode.


Why do we call graphite pencil lead pencil?

When graphite was first discovered it was thought to be a kind of black lead, rather than a form of carbon. It was quickly found to easily make marks, but brittle and needed support. The wooden lead pencil was born