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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.


What member of the carbon family is mistaken for the end of your pencil?

Graphite, which is a form of carbon, is commonly mistaken for the "lead" in pencils. However, it is not actually lead but rather a type of carbon that is used in pencils for writing and drawing.


Is a pencil a compound element or mixture?

A pencil is a mixture because it does not chemically bond, which needs to happen for it to be a compound. An element is something that is pure so a pencil cannot be an element.


Is a pencil a mixture a compound or element?

A pencil is a mixture because it does not chemically bond, which needs to happen for it to be a compound. An element is something that is pure so a pencil cannot be an element.


What is at an end of a pencil?

An eraser is typically found at the end of a pencil, used for removing pencil marks.


Which element is present in pencil?

The grey or black core of a pencil is made of graphite which is a form (known as an allotrope) of the element carbon. To vary the hardness of the 'lead' in the pencil the graphite may be mixed with clay or some other substances.


What is the sharp end of the pencil called?

The sharp end of a pencil is called the "point."


What element was mistaken for the one above it?

All of the following


What it the metal thing at the end of a pencil?

The metal thing on the end of the pencil is called a Ferrule!


What is in the middle of a pencil?

The black stuff in the middle of the pencil is a mixture of graphite (an element that is mined) and clay.


What is the coloured bit at the end of the pencil called?

The colored bit at the end of a pencil is called the eraser. It is used to remove pencil marks or mistakes.