French-English translations for graphite

• graphite
  Carbon is a black solid; it is soot or graphite or diamonds. Le carbone est un solide de couleur noire. Il peut s'agir de suie, de graphite ou de diamant.
  Pencils have even been confiscated from schools because it is said that Saddam Hussein would make atomic bombs from graphite mines! On est allé jusqu'à confisquer les crayons des écoles, parce qu'avec les mines de graphite, dit-on, Saddam Hussein ferait des bombes atomiques!
  Modern tennis racquets are made of graphite, fibreglass and other man-made materials.
• plumbago

Related words

• aérographite
• graphiter
• gris graphite
• noir graphite