Chapter 21, Problem 40E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

To determine the reason for the basis of the fix of the pencils.

Concept introduction:

At room temperature, one other allotrope of carbon is found which is called graphite and is a chemically stable form of the same. It has a layered structure which is very difficult to be drawn in three dimensions. It contains delocalized electrons which are free to move anywhere within the sheet that are stacked together in the form of layers in its structure.