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What is the mineral is used to make pencils?
Graphite is the mineral used in pencils.
What is the mineral used in pencils?
graphite
What mineral is used in pencils?
Graphite is the mineral used in pencils. It is a form of carbon that allows for smooth writing and drawing.
What mineral is used in pencials?
Graphite is the mineral used in pencils. It is a form of carbon that leaves a dark mark when applied to paper.
What mineral is used for lead?
The regular mineral lead Is used for making pencils and other things
What soft mineral often used in pencils?
Graphite is the soft mineral often used in pencils. It is a form of carbon that leaves a gray mark when used for writing or drawing.
Is galena used in pencils?
No, we don't use galena is pencils. Galena is the primary ore of the metal lead, and this mineral, PbS, is recovered for that purpose. We also often recover silver as a byproduct of lead processing. It is graphite that is used in pencils, and the mineral graphite is an allotrope of carbon.
Which mineral is used as a lubricant for locks and in pencils?
Graphite is the mineral used as a lubricant for locks and in pencils. It is a form of carbon that has a soft, slippery texture, making it ideal for use in these applications.
Mineral used in pencil?
Graphite is the mineral commonly used in pencils to create the writing core. It is a form of carbon that allows for smooth writing and drawing.
What kind of mineral can you find at the end of the pencil?
The mineral commonly found in pencils is graphite. Graphite is a form of carbon and is a soft, black, and shiny mineral that leaves marks on paper when used in writing or drawing.
What is group of pencils called?
Pencils
Is it true that most pencils are filed with the element lead?
No. This is totally untrue. There is no lead in pencils - not even in the paint they are painted with! The reason for this is caused by confusion over the name of the filler. The substance inside a pencil that does the actual writing is called graphite. This is a crystalline form of carbon (another is diamond, another is a substance called buckminsterfullerene, and the third, non-crystalline form, is charcoal). The graphite is often mixed with differing amounts of clay to create pencils of different hardnesses. Graphite is found as a mineral in the ground. Lead is also found as a mineral in the ground as the lead ore 'lead sulphide' or 'Galena'. The mineral Galena looks very similar to graphite, except that graphite is darker in colour than lead ore. Therefore, many years ago graphite used to be called 'black lead' from its appearance. So, when pencils were invented, they were filled with graphite - or 'black lead', and eventually this was shortened to 'lead' but there is absolutely no connection with the 'lead' (i.e. black lead) found in pencils with the metal lead. The "lead" in pencils was always, is, and always will be, made of graphite.
