How does the eraser actually work? Things are more complicated than you think |
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May 21, 2026
Pencil traces consisting of graphite flakes adhere to paper fibers through weak van der Waals interactions. Image source: Wikimedia Commons A new sheet of paper is a blank canvas, but a microscope reveals it to be a wild, tangled jungle of cellulose…