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Graphite is a gray carbon based substance used in pencil lead. Graphite has a lattice like structure and is arranged in layers so as to be easily rubbed apart unlike diamond which is a more interlocking structure of pure carbon and is extremely hard and unmalleble.

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What does graphite smells look and feels like?

yes but only a tinge in small amounts


How does graphite look?

Graphite is a gray carbon based substance used in pencil lead. Graphite has a lattice like structure and is arranged in layers so as to be easily rubbed apart unlike diamond which is a more interlocking structure of pure carbon and is extremely hard and unmalleble.


How is graphite gathered?

Graphite is a naturally occurring mineral like coal.


Where can you get graphite?

You can obtain graphite from an ordinary pencil lead, is made from graphite (not lead).Graphite is a natural occurring mineral and it is mined just like any other industrial mineral.


What is a form of carbon that has plate like crystals?

Graphite is in sheets... And is quite slippery.


What are the Lion King masks made from?

Carbon graphite and other carbon fibres, which are then painted to look like various types of wood.


What does graphite turn into when put under pressure?

Diamond, which like , graphite, is an allotrope of carbon . If you heat diamond it weill turn to graphite.


What color is graphite?

Graphite is dark grey. Look at a pencil. Yes, because pencils use graphite, not lead. Though dark and very grey, I would say the hue of graphite is bluer than other shades of dark grey.


Can you get rid of graphite marks on skin?

Graphite marks on the outside of the skin can be removed like a tattoo by a laser. Graphite marks inside the skin can be surgically removed.


Why is graphite considered an element?

graphite is simply a name for a specific configuration of carbon molecules, like diamond


What does carbon look like in its combined state?

Diamond, graphite. Combined with anything else it could be any of a vast number of solids, liquids, gases.


Is graphite is purest form of carbon?

Graphite is indeed a pure form of carbon but it is just one form. Carbon exists as different allotropes like diamond and graphite.