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What is inside the pencil lead?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

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What does the letter H for on pencil?

H indicates the Hardness of the lead inside a pencil


From what material is lead inside a pencil made?

Graphite


What is in the inside of pencil's?

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What is on the inside of a pencil?

The inside of a pencil is called "lead". It is graphite and it is what allows the pencil to write.The outer shell of a pencil consists of wood whilst the inside usually contains a stick of graphite/lead that can vary in width.


How does a pencil works?

A pencil works for having carbon inside it. when you put a lead inside it. There is another type of pen pencil


Parts of a pencil?

well a pencil has led, wood, metal, and eraser


What is the Material inside a pencil?

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Is most pencil filled with lead?

Some pencil's are filled with lead, but rarely any nowadays. Pencils use to be filled with lead, but now pencils are typically filled with graphite as lead is poisonous to humans.


What is the driffrent numbers on the side of the pencils for?

The number of the pencil is based on the type of carbon lead used inside. The thicker the carbon lead gets the higher the number of the pencil becomes. If you notice a mechanical pencil is 0.9mm in diameter so it would be called a #0.9 pencil. A #2 pencil's lead is 2mm in diameter. So Why would we call a pencil a #3 pencil? Because it's lead is 3mm in diameter.


What is the percentage of lead in the lead pencil you are using?

A typical lead pencil does not actually contain lead. The "lead" in a pencil is made of graphite, which is a crystalline form of carbon. Therefore, there is 0% lead in a lead pencil.


What is Pencil lead made out of?

Graphite, which is a complex molecule of carbon atoms.


From what material is the lead inside a pencil made?

The lead inside the pencil is made from Graphite which is a natural form of carbon. The heavy metal Lead has never been used in pencils since its invention. If lead have been used instead of graphite the users of pencils may not be alive because lead and its compounds are very toxic.