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Free Graphite!

Whoo hoo free diamonds here I come. I just need to apply a few million pounds of presure and a couple thousand degrees of heat and bam diamonds 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Bonezilla
Whoo hoo free diamonds here I come. I just need to apply a few million pounds of presure and a couple thousand degrees of heat and bam diamonds 🙂
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Send it to me. I'll stick it up my employers a$$ and send you your diamond in about a week.
 
Originally posted by: Bonezilla
Whoo hoo free diamonds here I come. I just need to apply a few million pounds of presure and a couple thousand degrees of heat and bam diamonds 🙂
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I saw somewhere around here a coupon for a free fatass at mcdonalds. A couple of those and you're half way there. 😀
 
Originally posted by: beamrider


Send it to me. I'll stick it up my employers a$$ and send you your diamond in about a week.
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lol

i'm kinda curious though... what would somebody do with a graphite block? it says that it can be used as rocket fuel on the webpage, but how the heck would you do that?
 
Originally posted by: jjsole
How hard is graphite? don't pencils have graphite in them to write with?
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Yeah, graphite and lead. Hint, dont chew on the lead part of the pencil. The wood part is ok though 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Chang10is
Originally posted by: beamrider


Send it to me. I'll stick it up my employers a$$ and send you your diamond in about a week.
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lol

i'm kinda curious though... what would somebody do with a graphite block? it says that it can be used as rocket fuel on the webpage, but how the heck would you do that?
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it says rocket fuel nozzles, not rocket fuel. but you're right who would have a use for it? i sure dont
 
Yeah, graphite and lead. Hint, dont chew on the lead part of the pencil. The wood part is ok though 🙂
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Just in case anyone's wondering, the center of a typical pencil -- technically known as the writing core -- is a blend of graphite and clay. There's no lead. Nothing poisonous.

But while it may be safe to chew on a pencil, it's not the most attractive of habits. So don't do it. (This message brought to you by the Association of Concerned Citizens Committee on the Elimination of Such Habits as Public Expectoration, the Chewing of Gum in the Manner of a Cow Chewing Its Cud, and Baseball Players Who Scratch Certain Body Areas During the Playing of the National Anthem.)(The ACCCESHPECGMCCCBPWSCBADPNA cares about making the world a nicer place.)
 
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A Frenchman named Conte, I beleive, invented the use of graphite mixed with clay for writing while he was working for Napoleon. Napoleon needed better ways to seat cannon balls in the barrel, graphite was a popular choice. Graphite is now used for many things... but still as a dry "lubricant" on such items as bearings and other metal on metal contact points, just like Napoleon's cannon amunition.
 
Graphite Uses: (directly from the website)

Jewelry making
Glass working
Rocketry
EDM
--Graphite can withstand Immense Heat (around 5000 degrees)

--It is easily machined using conventional methods i.e. band saw

--Steel - like hardness

--Polishes nicely

 
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