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What is a pencil lead made out of?

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A pencil consists of a thin stick of pigment (usually graphite, but can also be coloured pigment or charcoal) and clay, usually encased in a thin wood cylinder, though paper and plastic sheaths are also used.

(Lead) from a pencil is actually graphite which is 100% carbon

Graphite and carbon black, all elementary Carbon (C)

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