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If you're talking about pencil lead, it's made up of layers and layers of carbon. For example, when you write with pencil, the lines that you make on paper are just layers of carbon that had come off your pencil lead.

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What substance is formed when formed when lead oxide is mixed with carbon?

lead oxide + carbon-> lead + carbon dioxide


Which has the most lead aluminum or pencil lead?

Pencil lead isn't really lead, it is graphite, a form of carbon. Pencil lead doesn't have any lead in it whatsoever.


Is pencil lead magnetic?

No. Also, "pencil lead" is not lead; it is almost always graphite (made of carbon)


What metal is produced by carbon and lead oxide?

When carbon reacts with lead oxide, it produces lead metal and carbon dioxide as byproduct.


Is there carbon in lead?

no.perhaps you are thinking of pencil lead, which isn't lead. its carbon in form of graphite.


What elements does lead contain?

Pencil lead contains the element carbon in the form (allotrope) of graphite. The powdered graphite is mixed with a clay binder.Pencil lead has never contained any lead.


What metal do you get if you heat carbon with lead oxide?

Heating carbon with lead oxide will result in the production of lead metal. This is a common reduction reaction where carbon acts as a reducing agent to convert lead oxide into lead metal.


If you combine lead oxide and carbon together what do you get?

You get Lead and Carbon dioxide. Of course, you have to heat them. no idk help me :0


What is formed when lead oxide is heated with carbon?

When lead oxide is heated with carbon, carbon dioxide and lead are formed as the products 2PbO+C -->CO2+2Pb


Why carbon is used to extract lead from lead oxide?

Carbon is used to extract lead from lead oxide because it acts as a reducing agent in the smelting process. When carbon is heated with lead oxide (PbO), it reacts to form carbon dioxide (CO2) and lead (Pb), effectively reducing the lead oxide to elemental lead. This process is thermodynamically favorable and economically viable, making carbon a practical choice for extracting lead in metallurgical operations.


Is reducing lead oxide with carbon to produce lead endothermic or Exothermic?

The reduction of lead oxide with carbon to produce lead is an exothermic reaction. This is because energy is released in the form of heat during the formation of lead from lead oxide and carbon.


What element is present in lead graphite?

Graphite is a form of Carbon, so its carbon in lead graphite. Notice that lead itself is a different element but the term "lead graphite" is generally used for that black substance which makes the "lead pencils". Note that there is no lead in lead pencils, its carbon, in the shape of graphite.