It is a pencil gradation system. HB means hard black B means black and 2H means harder.
H (2H, 4H, etc) are the harder leads, and therefore draw a lighter line; and B (2B, 4B, etc) are the softer leads, and therefore draw a darker line. HB is the very middle. The larger the number, the farther away from HB it is. So for instance, 6B will be darker than 2B, and 4H would be lighter than 2H.
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It is a pencil gradation system. HB means hard black B means black and 2H means harder.H (2H, 4H, etc) are the harder leads, and therefore draw a lighter line; and B (2B, 4B, etc) are the softer leads, and therefore draw a darker line. HB is the very middle. The larger the number, the farther away from HB it is. So for instance, 6B will be darker than 2B, and 4H would be lighter than 2H.Read more: What_do_HB_B_2H_signs_in_pencils_mean
I don't quite understand what you mean by HB-2 pencil but if you mean HB pencil / #2 Pencil it is not the softest pencil. Pencils scale from 9H to 9B, (HB in the middle) and 9B would the softest and darkest pencil there.
The order of hardness goes:9H 8H 7H 6H 5H 4H 3H 2H H F HB B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B hard medium soft
H stands for Hard B stands for Black Pencils are graded according to hardness of the lead or softness. Example: 3H is very hard 2H is quite hard, but less hard than 3H H is hard HB is middle B is softer than HB B2 is softer still 3B is very soft almost like a charcoal
H stands for hardness and B stands for blackness this is how a pencil scale goes: 9H 8H 7H 6H 5H 4H 3H 2H 1H H HB B 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B9H is very fine hard and light but 9B is thick black and very soft (more like charcoal)
:a = .5(hb+c) :2a = hb+c :2a−c = hb :(2a−c)/h = b
A=1/2h(a+b)
If you mean what HB stands for, it's an indicator for the hardness (H) or softness (B) of the graphite and clay used. However, the B is for blackness so HB is like average/medium grade so the full form would be Hard Black, Hard and Black, or Hard Blackness. If you check out pencils like 3H, you'll notice that the tone when writing or drawing is light compared to an HB. Conversely, a 3B pencil will give you a darker tone.
Pencils are all marked on a European system called the degree scale where H is hardest and B is blackest.Pencils can be marked as;9H, 8H, 7H, 6H, 5H, 4H,3H,2H, H F,HB, B, 2B, 3B, 4B ,5B ,6B ,7B ,8B ,9BH pencils have a higher concentrate of clay than graphite, whereas the B pencils have a much lower percentage of clay.The B pencils make soft, dark marks, whereas the H pencils have a much harder, lighter mark.The F pencil stands for fine point, which is slightly harder than the HB making it a good writingpencil.
With pencils H stands for hard, B for black (soft), HB is between the two.
This gives us the equation: A = hb/2 + c To solve for c, we simply subtract hb/2 from each side! A - hb/2 = c c = A - hb/2
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