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It is the part of the pencil that makes the mark on the paper. Pencils used to use lead for this but the lead has been replaced with graphite.
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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.
What is The predecessor of the graphite pencil?
Metalpoint
Is a pencil an insulator?
The shell or carapce made of wood in pencil having a graphite refill in it is an insulator but as graphite is good conductor of electricity so overall a pencil can cunduct current in it.
How does the lead get into the pencil?
The pencil is actually assembled around the "lead" (which is actually not lead but is graphite). The pencil has two halves with a groove in each one, and they are sandwiched around the strip of graphite.
Is a lead of a pencil conductor or insulator.?
No. Lead is a realtively good conductor. The insulator is the wood on the outside of the lead.
Mineral used in pencil?
Graphite and TiO2 for the pencil paint
What minerals are found in a pencil?
The part of the pencil that does the actual writing, called the pencil lead, is actually made of a mineral called graphite.
What is a pencil lead made of?
Pencil lead is made of graphite and clay. Newer recipes for pencil lead use waxy polymers to bind the graphite to produce a lead that does not snap when the pencil is flexed.
What is the correct label for pencil lead?
You think probable to graphite.
What are differences between charcoal pencil and graphite pencil?
Graphite is denser than charcoal, and not as easily smudged.
Will you get lead poisoning if graphite from a pencil enters the bloodstream?
No ,because there is no lead in a graphite pencil, only carbon.
What happens if the lead in the pencil is consumed?
The lead in a pencil is actually graphite, a form of carbon. Graphite is not poisonous.
What is the primary constituent of pencil lead?
It's not a 'lead' pencil it's made primarily of graphite
How is the lead for a pencil made?
Pencil is made from graphite
What mineral is used for making pencil lead?
What is the mineral used in the pencil that you write with? Graphite.
What is graphite an ore of?
Graphite is the main ore of pencil lead.
What is the material in a pencil?
graphite
