1. Carbon
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3. Uses of Carbon Carbon as graphite is a good lubricant.
Carbon is a key component of steel.
Pencil lead does not contain lead - it is a graphite clay mixture
Carbon black, a very fine powdered carbon, is the pigment in black printing ink
It is also used in laser printer toner cartridges.
Carbon black is also used in rubber products such as car tires

4. Historically
Carbon was first discovered as charcoal in prehistoric times
Carbon wasn't recognized as an element until the seventeenth century, after Robert Boyle suggested that an element was a substance that could not be decomposed into simpler substances
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