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A type of coal commonly used in pencil lead?
Graphite is used to make pencil lead, but it is not a form of coal.
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.
Why is carbon used in pencil lead?
carbon fibre
What is the material used in pencils?
Pencil lead is actually graphite.
Are lead pencils poisonous?
Despite the word lead, there is no lead metal in a lead pencil. Graphite is used, which is a minimally-toxiccarbon based substance.
This mineral when mixed with clay is used to make pencil lead and also used for a oil?
The mineral is graphite.
What mineral when mixed with clay is used to make pencil lead?
Graphite, a form of carbon
What mineral is used for making pencil lead?
What is the mineral used in the pencil that you write with? Graphite.
The mineral graphite is often used as?
graphite is often used for pencil lead
A type of coal commonly used in pencil lead?
Graphite is used to make pencil lead, but it is not a form of coal.
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.
What mineral when mixed with clay is used to make pencil led?
The answer is Kaolin.
What is the mineral galena used to make?
Lead
How hot does pencil lead have to be to explode?
Pencil lead used to explode fairly easily when I lived in Bulgaria in 1995. We used to make it explode with only a lighter. It would take about a minute to make a 2 inch piece of lead explode. When I moved to America, I was sad to find that American pencil lead does not explode.
Mineral used in pencil?
Graphite and TiO2 for the pencil paint
What mineral is used to make batteries?
Not a mineral but a metal. Usually lead or zinc, depending on the battery.
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.
