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What member of the carbon family is mistaken for the end of your pencil?
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Why is carbon used in pencil lead?
carbon fibre
Why is pencil insoluble?
The pencil lead is not lead but is made from soft graphite carbon and insoluble except as carbon tetra chloride
What mineral is a pencil made up of?
The "lead" of a pencil is made from graphite, which is a form of carbon.
Does pencil lead contain carbon?
yes
What does coal have in common with a pencil and and a diamond?
Carbon Dioxide
What are you if you are a member of the carbon family often mistaken for the end of your pencil?
lead.Lead is a member of the carbon family often mistaken for the end of your pencil (actually graphite).
What element element is in the carbon family often mistaken for the end of your pencil?
Pencils use Graphite, not lead. Graphite is made of carbon, and no one mistakes a pencil of having carbon. They may mistake it of having lead, in which it is corrected that pencils no longer use lead-but instead use Graphite, which is made of carbon. It is not often mistaken that a pencil is made of carbon. Because it is made of carbon, so how you can make a mistake by thinking the pencil is made of graphite? Its true, not a mistake. This riddle is probably backwards? Or its just a trick question, I dont even know.
Which element is mistaken for the end of your pencil?
Lead.
Why is carbon used in pencil lead?
carbon fibre
What element is in a pencil and also a diamond?
You're thinking of carbon. Both pencil lead and diamonds are allotropes of carbon.
A diamond and your pencil lead graphite are made of this same element?
graphite in a pencil and diamond are from carbon .both are the allotrope of carbon
Why is pencil insoluble?
The pencil lead is not lead but is made from soft graphite carbon and insoluble except as carbon tetra chloride
A diamond and a pencil are made of what element?
A diamond and a pencil lead (graphite) are both made of carbon. The difference is the crystalline structure of the carbon atoms.
Does a pencil conduct electricity?
Yes the center carbon or lead can conduct electricity. The carbon in the pencil is also used in resistors for resistance in a circuit.
What mineral is a pencil made up of?
The "lead" of a pencil is made from graphite, which is a form of carbon.
Does pencil lead contain carbon?
yes
Is pencil magnetic?
No. Also, "pencil lead" is not lead; it is almost always graphite (made of carbon)
