The lead in pencils is made of the element carbon, in the form of graphite. Graphite powder is mixed with clay and wax. The more graphite the pencil contains, the softer the lead, and darker the mark.
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No. Lead used to be used in pencils but they stopped using it in them becasue of lead poisoning from pencils. Now they use graphite instead
Lead is mainly used for pencils and for batteries.Hope this helped :)
pencils such as lead pencils
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There has never been any lead in lead pencils. The graphite deposit that produced the first pencils was mistakenly thought to be lead. Chemists pointed out the error but the name stuck.
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Lead pencils used to contain lead. Now, graphite or a mixture of graphite and clay powder is used, but old habits die hard and some people still call them lead pencils. Also, even though lead has not been used in pencils for a long time, the paint on the outside contained lead until the middle of the 20th century. This was harmful for people who had a habit of chewing on their pencils.
Lead is a misnomer when talking about pencils. What you're actually writing/drawing with is graphite. Lead was neverused in the making of pencils.
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The regular mineral lead Is used for making pencils and other things