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What is the difference of a soft medium and hard graphite pencil?
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The softer the pencil is the thicker and darker a line it will leave
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Did chris Ofili use brush and in on prince among thieves with flowers?
No, he just used graphite (a naturally occuring drawing medium). The figure of the prince is drawn with a soft pencil and the background flowers with a hard pencil. Soft pencil makes an image darker, while a hard pencil makes an image lighter or silver.
What is a pencil lead made out of?
A pencil consists of a thin stick of pigment (usually graphite, but can also be coloured pigment or charcoal) and clay, usually encased in a thin wood cylinder, though paper and plastic sheaths are also used. (Lead) from a pencil is actually graphite which is 100% carbon Graphite and carbon black, all elementary Carbon (C)
The lead in a pencil is made from what mineral?
The "lead" is a mixture of GRAPHITE and CLAY. It is squirted out like spaghetti and baked hard.
What is the difference between charcoal graphite and diamond?
Diamonds are very hard, and graphite is very soft.
What is the end of a pencil made?
The "lead" is a mixture of GRAPHITE and CLAY. It is squirted out like spaghetti and baked hard.
Is pencil lead a compound or an element or an homogeneous mixture or a heterogeneous mixture?
Pencil lead is actually not lead (Pb) at all, but it is graphite. And graphite is simply carbons atoms. So, no, it is NOT a compound mixture.
Can iron make pencils?
i don't think so,b'coz graphite is useful in pencil & iron is so hard so in what way we make pencil with iron.
What is the lead part of a pencil made of?
first step in pencil manufacture involves making the graphite core as the "lead". Back in the day we used lead which is toxic, the we switched to Graphite which is non-toxic. --------- It is frequently called "lead" as in "lead" pencils. But there is no lead in Graphite. Pencils simply contain a mixture of graphite and fine clay in varying proportions to make them hard or soft.
What makes pencil lead hard?
The graphite used in pencils is quite soft. Clay is added to the graphite to strengthen the 'lead' of the pencil. The amount of clay used changes the pencil's rating, with HB being the commonest, B2 being softer (darker marks), and H being harder (lighter marks).
How has the pencil changed?
Although rumors suggest that pencils used to be made from pure lead, this is a myth. Pencils have always been made of graphite since the mineral's discovery in 1565. The pencil hadn't taken on it's true "form" until 1660 when they were made as graphite rods encased with wood as we know them today. The only main difference is in the graphite mixture. Today our pencils are made with a mixture of graphite and clay to create dark marks such as those of number two pencils or HB (hard, bold) marks.
Why can pencil lead can be used to make a light bulb?
A "pencil lead" is a mixture of the graphite allotrope of carbon mixed with clay and baked hard. While a pencil lead will conduct electricity, it can not be used to make a light bulb.
Why is it called a number 6B pencil?
Pencils are sorted into how hard and how soft the graphite is. The scale ranges from 9H (hardest) to 9B (softest). Number 6B would mean its graphite is 4th softest.
