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There is no way either side used lead pencils. Saying lead is in pencils is a very outdated thing, it’s all graphite these days.

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xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
it hasn’t been graphite for while now either….

pencil lead

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- Vespair@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Chalk isn’t chalk?
  
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  - Arcka@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Regular chalk is calcium carbonate. Crayola’s website says their sidewalk chalk uses calcium sulfate (gypsum as an ingredient in plaster of paris).
    
    So they’re both calcium salts.
    
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  - xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    no
    
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Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
A sharp piece of graphite from a broken pen is not something you would want in your eyes either

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