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all sorts of stuff

toner in printers

powdered graphite (which is an allotrope of carbon) is used as a dry lubricant

filtering water (activated carbon but it's not pure)

a bunch of other stuff that i can't think of right now but it's used for all kinds of stuff

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Q: What is powdered carbon used for?
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