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What element is used in the lead in pencils?

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carbon: in the form of graphite. Another form is diamonds

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What element is used in lead pencils?
The element carbon, in the form of graphite, is used in lead pencils. Interestingly enough, diamond is another form of carbon.
What element is used as 'lead' in pencils?
The element used in the 'lead' pencils is not actually lead but carbon, in the form of graphite.
The name of an element used as lead in pencils?
graphite
What elements are used as lead in pencils?
The lead in pencils is made of the element carbon, in the form of graphite. Graphite powder is mixed with clay and wax. The more graphite the pencil contains, the softer the lead, and darker the mark.
The elmenet used in pencil leads?
Graphite.