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1. Common or other names for the compund

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1. Common or other names for the compund

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Common names for this mineral are the following:

Graphite

Black Lead

Pencil Ore

Plumbago

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The name Graphite comes from the German and Greek language. The name originated in the 1790's through the 1800's.

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Graphite's is made up of only carbon so it's chemical formula is the letter c for carbon.

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This is the molecular model for Graphite.

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Graphite is made of pure carbon atoms. The bond between the C atoms is called a covalent bond. A covalent bond is a type of chemical bond in which the electron pairs are known as shared pairs or bonding pairs. Covalent bonding can also be called molecular bonding.

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Graphite was first discovered in Cumbria in North England at the beginning of the sixteenth century. It is not known who discovered Graphite itself, but who discovered its uses.

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In the 1500's after graphite was found, locals found it useful to mark sheep with it. Now it can be used to make baseball bats (mixed with other materials). And it is also used in the Aerospace department for nozzles on aircraft.

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Graphite was given its name by a German scientist. The name is derived from a Greek word graphein which means to write. So it's main and most important use is for making the lead used in pencils.

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11. How is the compound obtained, and made?

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11. How is the compound obtained, and made?

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Open pit mining involves extracting rock or minerals from an open pit or burrow. Open pit methods are used when the ore is close to the earth and the surface material covering the deposit is thin. Quarrying is a form of surface mining employed to obtain graphite by breaking the rocks either by drilling or by using dynamite explosives to cut open the rocks and compressed air or water to split it. Graphite most often occurs in metamorphic rocks formed from regional metamorphism or contact metamorphism of organic-rich sedimentary rocks, such as organic-rich marble, quartzite, schist, gneiss, and metamorphosed coal.

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Discovery / Science Channel's "How It's Made" Graphite Pencil Leads episode

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Graphite is chemically inert to almost all chemicals.

It burns completely when heated in oxygen to form carbon dioxide. However, it fails to burn in air, even if it is heated to high temperatures.

When heated in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid and potassium dichromate, graphite gets oxidized to carbon dioxide.

Due to its chemical inertness and stability at high temperatures, it is widely used as a refractory material.

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Diamond can turn into Graphite under the right temperature and pressure

Graphite can also turn into diamond under the right temperature and pressure

Graphite can be used as insulation barrier for brake shoes, rockets, fire doors, and others.