Pencil Lead

1. Pencil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pencil "lead" is graphite (carbon) and not the chemical element lead. Residual graphite from a pencil stick does not seem to be poisonous, and graphite is

2. C&EN: WHAT'S THAT STUFF? - PENCILS & PENCIL LEAD
The wound healed after a few days, but I was left with a visible half-centimeter-long piece of pencil lead in my hand. I'm sure my mother called the doctor

3. Pencil lead@Everything2.com
Pencil Lead types are graded by hardness and by how dark a mark they leave on the paper. Generally, the harder the pencil, the longer it lasts,

4. Howstuffworks "How do they get lead in a wooden pencil?"
Before discussing how the lead is put into the wood casing, let's clear up what the actual lead is. Pencil lead is not lead at all; it's a combination of