Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321908449
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Chapter 3 - Section 3.7 - Changes of State - Additional Questions and Problems - Page 89: 3.63a

Answer

Carbon is an element.

Work Step by Step

The carbon part of pencil lead is an element. It is found in one entry on the periodic table and is made up of one kind of atom.
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