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Does a pencil conduct electricity?
Yes the center carbon or lead can conduct electricity. The carbon in the pencil is also used in resistors for resistance in a circuit.
Is pencil lead magnetic?
No. Also, "pencil lead" is not lead; it is almost always graphite (made of carbon)
Is pencil lead metalic or nonmetalic?
It is non metallic. The pencil 'lead' is graphite which is a common mineral, a soft carbon
How do physical properties of the parts a of a pencil affect how the pencil is used?
The physical properties of carbon vary widely with the allotropic form.
What is a pencil lead made out of graphite?
Pencil leads are always made out of graphite. The term lead comes from history, when they were made from lead, but they are now made from graphite.
Is graphite in a pencil is composed of carbon a elements?
yes
What are regular pencils filled with?
Pencil leads are usually made of graphite (a form of carbon).
What is lead in pencil?
Graphite is present in pencil leads. it is composed of carbon atoms covalently bonded with each other, and 1 free valence electron in each atom (which explains why graphite/pencil-lead conducts electricity)
What can you use Graphite for?
1) Graphite is used for making the cores of our pencils called pencil leads. 2) It is used for making carbon electrodes.
Is pencil lead hard?
No, pencil leads are made up of graphite. Graphite has a macromolecular structure whereby each carbon atom is covalently bonded to 3 other carbon atoms in layers. Because of these strong covalent bonds, a lot of energy is needed to break these bonds, resulting in a high melting point. However, there are weak intermolecular forces between the carbon layers. Hence, little energy is required to separate them. This is why pencil leads are soft.
Will Diet Coke conduct electricity through pencil leads attached to a battery?
yes, diet coke can conduct electricity through pencil because diet coke contain free moving ions that provide free moving electrons that can flows through carbon of the pencil. Pencil is a good electricity conductor.
The elmenet used in pencil leads?
Graphite.
Why is carbon used in pencil lead?
carbon fibre
What element is in a pencil and also a diamond?
You're thinking of carbon. Both pencil lead and diamonds are allotropes of carbon.
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
Why is pencil insoluble?
The pencil lead is not lead but is made from soft graphite carbon and insoluble except as carbon tetra chloride
When do you use graphite?
1) Graphite is used for making the cores of our pencils called pencil leads. 2) It is used for making carbon electrodes. 3) Powdered graphite is used as lubricant.
