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.
The element often mistaken as the end of a pencil is graphite. While many people think that the black tip of a pencil is lead, it is actually made of a mixture of graphite and clay. Graphite is a form of carbon that provides the smooth writing ability, while the clay helps to harden the pencil core. Thus, the misconception arises from the historical term "pencil lead."
there both made up of carbon
A diamond and a pencil lead (graphite) are both made of carbon. The difference is the crystalline structure of the carbon atoms.
The "lead" found in pencils is actually graphite, or to answer the question, the "blackelement found in a pencil is carbon (C).
GraMite is not an element, however graPHite is one of the allotropes of carbon, element C, atomnumber 6.Used in pencils this hexagonal latticed Carbon is often called 'lead', (but it surely is not elemental lead 82Pb)
lead.Lead is a member of the carbon family often mistaken for the end of your pencil (actually graphite).
Graphite is often mistaken for the end of a pencil because pencils are made with graphite, which is a form of carbon. Many people mistakenly think the core of a pencil is lead, but it is actually graphite.
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.
You're thinking of carbon. Both pencil lead and diamonds are allotropes of carbon.
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Carbon is an element and sugar is a compound.
there both made up of carbon
there both made up of carbon
A diamond and a pencil lead (graphite) are both made of carbon. The difference is the crystalline structure of the carbon atoms.
Carbon. Diamond and graphite (pencil lead) are allotropes of carbon, meaning different atomic arrangements of the same element. They are also both covalent network solids.