About 3 seconds ago. "Lead" pencils are the graphite ones we use all the time, those yellow things that you sharpen in a pencil sharpener. Lead is dark gray and leaves such a mark on paper. It isn't really lead in the pencil, we just say that.
Lead is an element, it is not made of anything but lead. But if you are talking about pencil lead then pencil lead is made of graphite.
the lead in a lead pencil is made from clay and graphite
The lead in pencils are not made out of lead, as is common belief. Pencil lead is made out of graphite.
Because pencil "lead" is not lead. Pencils haven't used lead cores since Roman times. However, lead poisoning was still possible up until the mid 20th century as the painted wooden casing often contain high concentrations of lead. Confusion about the source of the poisoning may have led (sic) people to think the core was actually made of lead, however the term "lead" does not refer to the carbon element itself, it's just a general term for a pencil's core. "Put some graphite in your pencil" just doesn't have the same ring to it as "put some lead in your pencil".
The lead inside the pencil is made from Graphite which is a natural form of carbon. The heavy metal Lead has never been used in pencils since its invention. If lead have been used instead of graphite the users of pencils may not be alive because lead and its compounds are very toxic.
There is some pencil lead that is made in Canada.
no a led pencil is made of graphite
Pencil is made from graphite
Lead is an element, it is not made of anything but lead. But if you are talking about pencil lead then pencil lead is made of graphite.
A pencil is made out of wood and lead (graphite)
pencil . The 'lead' in a pencil is actually graphite.
A typical lead pencil does not actually contain lead. The "lead" in a pencil is made of graphite, which is a crystalline form of carbon. Therefore, there is 0% lead in a lead pencil.
There is no lead in pencil - Pencil is made from graphite
On average, a pencil lead can last for about 2,000 to 4,000 words, depending on the pressure used when writing and the thickness of the lead.
The main body of a pencil is made from soft wood, the 'lead' is made from graphite. The lead can come in many different sizes depending on the pencil holding it.
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.
No. Also, "pencil lead" is not lead; it is almost always graphite (made of carbon)