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    How do the graphite flakes from the "lead" of the pencil stick to the paper and not fall of?

    Question #120577. Asked by naveen_213. (Mar 06 11 12:13 AM)


    looney_tunes

    		The graphite is 'trapped' in surface imperfections of the paper. That is why pencils do not write well on very shiny papers.

    http://invsee.asu.edu/nmodules/carbonmod/penwrite.html

    Mar 06 11, 1:51 AM

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