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Graphite   /grˈæfˌaɪt/   Listen
Graphite

noun
1.
Used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors.  Synonyms: black lead, plumbago.






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"Graphite" Quotes from Famous Books



... inventions to the task of evolving a blackmailing snare which might be set and sprung, and afterwards dismantled and hidden away without the intervention of the female knave of the species in any of its stages. Trust him—smooth as lubricating oil, a veritable human graphite—to turn the trick. He ...
— Sundry Accounts • Irvin S. Cobb

... of great importance to certain industries. You will find them in insulation and filters. They are used extensively in the ceramic and chemical industries. They include sulfur, graphite (the "lead" in pencils), gypsum, halite (rock salt), borax, talc, asbestos and quartz. Undoubtedly, you'll have some nonmetallic minerals in your collection. Rocks containing asbestos are ...
— Let's collect rocks & shells • Shell Oil Company

... of heat. Ballistite is manufactured at Ardeer in Scotland, at Chilworth in Surrey, and also in Italy, under the name of Filite, which is in the form of cords instead of cubes. The ballistite made in Germany contained more nitro-cellulose, and the finished powder was coated with graphite. Its use has been discontinued as the Service powder in Germany, but it is still the Service powder ...
— Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise • P. Gerald Sanford



Words linked to "Graphite" :   pencil, lead, c, atomic number 6, pencil lead, black lead, carbon



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