lead pencil is nothing but a pencil wich we use for drawing.
2006-10-06 06:32:49 · 11 answers · asked by Sandeep 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
0%....they are made of graphite.
2006-10-06 06:34:14 · answer #1 · answered by jimvalentinojr 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pencils are no longer made of lead they are now made from a mixture of clay and graphite. I can’t speak that there are NO lead pencils being manufactured in the world market. But most major countries and manufactures do not use lead due to the health factors. Example for some reason EVERYONE seems to chew on them.. The risk did not stop there you also had the factor of the dust produced from writing. So the amount of lead in current production pencils is ZERO...
2006-10-06 06:51:27 · answer #2 · answered by D L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I honestly thought that no pencils contained Lead any more, either writing or drawing pencils, I thought lead was removed from them quite some time ago. I believe Graphite is used now a day's
2006-10-06 06:37:14 · answer #3 · answered by hotbabes_tracey 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They're all correct. Pencils have a fired mixture of graphite and clay in the 'lead' down the middle. There's actually more lead in the wooden bit round the outside after so many thousand tons of it were sprayed into the atmosphere in leaded fuel a few decades back.
Best of Luck - Mike
2006-10-06 06:59:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Another misnomer. The "lead" is graphite. I suppose the first pencils had a soft metal core and that is why the name stuck.
2006-10-06 06:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by yes_its_me 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds strange but there is actually no lead in a lead pencil.
2006-10-06 06:35:20 · answer #6 · answered by Joy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
None.
There is no lead in a lead pencil. The term is a misnomer.
2006-10-06 06:35:11 · answer #7 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is no lead in the lead in you pencil, its graphite. there used to be lead in the paint on the pencil, but they use different paint now.
2006-10-06 06:36:17 · answer #8 · answered by Jack C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pencils now use all graphite "leads."
2006-10-06 06:36:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
0% - it's graphite
2006-10-06 06:34:29 · answer #10 · answered by holden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0%
2006-10-06 06:35:10 · answer #11 · answered by blackratsnake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋