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noun - used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
A soft, steel-gray to black, hexagonally crystallized allotrope of carbon with a metallic luster and a greasy feel, used in lead pencils, lubricants, paints, and coatings, that is fabricated into a variety of forms such as molds, bricks, electrodes, crucibles, and rocket nozzles.
noun - a variety of carbon
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| This pencil component is a form of soft carbon; you won't get lead poisoning from chewing on it |
| The "lead" used in pencils is actually this form of carbon once thought to be a type of lead |
| This mineral is the most stable form of carbon, though not when you sharpen your pencil too fine |
| German geologist Abraham Werner gave this mineral its name, derived from a Greek word for "to write" |
| Mexico & Madagascar are a couple of our sources for this mineral found in pencils & brake linings |
| This protective material used to surround the fuel rod tubes at Chernobyl is also found in your pencil |
| (Kelly of the Clue Crew writes with a rock.) It's not surprising that the name of this mineral comes from the Greek for "to write" |
| Its old name, plumbago, came from its use in lead pencils |
| AKA black lead, this form of carbon has a greasy feel & is used in making lubricants |
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| A soft, steel-gray to black, hexagonally crystallized allotrope of carbon with a metallic luster and a greasy feel, used in lead pencils, lubricants, paints, and coatings, that is fabricated into a variety of forms such as molds, bricks, electrodes, crucibles, and rocket nozzles. Also called black lead, plumbago. |
| a grey crystalline allotropic form of carbon which occurs as a mineral in some rocks and can be made from coke. It is used as a solid lubricant, in pencils, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors. |
| used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| A grey crystalline allotropic form of carbon which occurs as a mineral in some rocks and can be made from coke. It is used as a solid lubricant, in pencils, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors. |
| a soft, dark grey form of carbon, used in the middle of pencils, as a lubricant in machines, and in some nuclear reactors |
| a soft, dark gray form of carbon used in the center of pencils which makes a mark when pressed against something |
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| Graphite (), archaically referred to as plumbago, is a crystalline allotrope of carbon, a semimetal, a native element mineral, and a form of coal. Graphite is the most stable form of carbon under standard conditions. Therefore, it is used in thermochemistry as the standard state for defining the heat of formation of carbon compounds. |