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    3. 黒鉛

    黒鉛

    黒こく鉛えん

    graphite

    KMT8News #19+1NounScience & MathKanji Vocab24 strokes

    こくえん

    Noun

    1.
    graphite

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    鉛えん筆ぴつの芯しんは黒こく鉛えんでできている。

    The lead of a pencil is made of graphite.

    KMT7Science & Math
    黒こく鉛えんは電でん気きを通とおす性せい質しつがある。

    Graphite has the property of conducting electricity.

    KMT8Science & Math
    原げん子し炉ろの減げん速そく材ざいとして、高こう純じゅん度どの黒こく鉛えんが使し用ようされることがある。

    High-purity graphite is sometimes used as a moderator in nuclear reactors.

    KMT9Science & MathTechnology
    ダイヤモンドと黒こく鉛えんは、同おなじ炭たん素そ原げん子しからなる同どう素そ体たいだ。

    Diamond and graphite are allotropes made of the same carbon atoms.

    KMT9Science & Math
    潤じゅん滑かつ剤ざいや電でん極きょく材ざい料りょうとしても黒こく鉛えんは広ひろく利り用ようされている。

    Graphite is also widely used as a lubricant and electrode material.

    KMT9TechnologyScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    黒
    くろ・くろ.ずむ・くろ.い…(1)
    black
    鉛
    なまり…(1)
    lead
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