for refractory applications (25 percent), brake linings (13 percent), dressings and molds in foundry operations (9 percent), lubricants (8 percent), and miscellaneous uses such as steelmaking (45 percent).
The main materials are wood, rubber, graphite, and metal. The wood comes from trees. The rubber comes from petroleum and living trees. The graphite comes from carbon. And the metal comes from ores.
Carbon is an element on the periodic table.
Graphite is not made in Canada; it is a natural element.
Graphite is natural. It is another form of carbon, just as diamonds are another form of carbon.
The lead in a pencil is mostly a mixture of powdered graphite and clay.
no. graphite is used in pencils
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.
graphite is used as lubricant in machinery.also it is used in making leads of pencils.hence graphite is useful.
graphite
Diamonds are very hard, and graphite is very soft.
Graphite was discovered in its natural form in the Lake District of England around 1565 by researchers. However, it had been used in writing and drawing for centuries before that in a more impure form.
graphite is used for pencils!!