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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.
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.
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.
What is the graphite of a pencil?
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.
Is pencil lead magnetic?
No. Also, "pencil lead" is not lead; it is almost always graphite (made of carbon)
Is graphite lead conductive?
Graphite itself is pure carbon. But it might be possible for some samples of graphite to contain impurities of lead.
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.
Does pencil lead have coal in it?
Pencil lead does not have coal. Pencil lead contains graphite.
How do they get lead out of pencil?
we get lead of pencil from the mixture of clay and graphite
What is lead of a pencil?
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.
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
Is pencil lead is Pb free?
There is no lead in pencil - Pencil is made from graphite
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 lead of a pencil?
graphite
What objects can lead be made into?
pencil . The 'lead' in a pencil is actually graphite.
