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Carbon is found in both diamonds and pencils.

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Q: What element is in both diamonds and pencil lead?
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What element is in a pencil and also a diamond?

You're thinking of carbon. Both pencil lead and diamonds are allotropes of carbon.


What do coal pencil lead and diamonds have in common?

Coal, pencil lead, and diamonds all contain carbon.


Is lead in diamonds?

No, the lattice structure of diamonds is different from the lattice structure of lead or graphite, although both are formed from carbon. (The answer assumes that you are referring to pencil lead and not the chemical lead: Pb.)


Why element makes diamonds and pencil lead?

Carbon constitutes pencil lead, charcoal and diamond. Although they appear different in appearance, they are chemically the same. Diamond is shiny and hard due to the crystalline arrangement of carbon atoms in it. Graphite or pencil lead has such an arrangement, that there are free electrons which make it a conductor of electricity. Elements like this, which are chemically the same but exhibit different physical properties are called allotropes, and the phenomenon is termed as allotropy.


What element is a diamond and the lead in a pencil?

Carbon. Diamond and graphite (pencil lead) are allotropes of carbon, meaning different atomic arrangements of the same element. They are also both covalent network solids.


Which element is sometimes a black powder and sometimes a precious stone?

Carbon. Diamonds are essentially carbon. So are coal, charcoal and pencil lead (which is graphite).


A diamond and a pencil are made of what element?

A diamond and a pencil lead (graphite) are both made of carbon. The difference is the crystalline structure of the carbon atoms.


Is lead from a lead pencil the same as the element?

yes yes it is


A diamond and your pencil lead graphite are made of this same element?

graphite in a pencil and diamond are from carbon .both are the allotrope of carbon


What everyday uses you carbon?

Coal, diamonds, pencil lead, etc...


Which element is mistaken for the end of your pencil?

Lead.


What is made out of lead?

Lead is an element, it is not made of anything but lead. But if you are talking about pencil lead then pencil lead is made of graphite.