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No, graphite is a pure substance.
It is a form of the pure element carbon.
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Is graphite an element or compound or mixture?
Graphite is an element. It is a form of carbon.
Is graphite a mixture or metallic element?
It is a pure substance of Carbon. As well as Diamond. Although arranged and bonded in different ways.
What are the natural origins of the materials used in pencil?
The lead in a pencil is mostly a mixture of powdered graphite and clay.
Why rubbing lead pencil on a key makes it turn in the lock?
The material that made pencil to write is a mixture of graphite.
Does pencil lead contain crystals?
Pencil 'lead' does not contain crystals. It is a mixture of the element carbon (in the form of graphite) and clay.
Is carbon graphite as heterogeneous mixture?
no
Is graphite a gold mixture?
Graphite is a form of pure carbon; it does not contain gold.
Is graphite an element or compound or mixture?
Graphite is an element. It is a form of carbon.
Why Blood is a mixture and graphite is element?
Blood is made up of several different substances, whereas graphite occurs naturally in the form of graphite.
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.
Graphite was originally used for pencils until a mixture of lead and clay was invented in 1795?
Graphite was originally used for pencils until a mixture of lead and clay was invented in 1795.
How do they get lead out of pencil?
we get lead of pencil from the mixture of clay and graphite
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.
Is grahite a mixture?
No. Graphite is a pure element, it is an allotrope of Carbon.The allotropes of the element Carbon are :- diamond, graphite, graphene, amorphous carbon and buckminsterfullerenes.
What is the material in pencils that can write?
Pencil leads are made of a mixture of graphite and clay. The graphite is what makes the marks; the clay hold it together and controls the hardness of the lead.
Is the lead in mechanical pencils really lead?
No, it is a mixture of Graphite (a form of Carbon) and clay.
Is pencil lead element or a compound or a mixture?
Pencil lead is a mixture of graphite (or other colored pigment) and a binder (e.g. clay, wax, plastic, grease).
