Pencil and nuclear reactor: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Pencil — is made of — Graphite. The lead is graphite mixed with clay.
2. Step 2. Graphite — is material for — Neutron moderator. The first reactors used graphite.
3. Step 3. Neutron moderator — is part of — Nuclear reactor. A moderator.

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