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what element is black ink for printing made of? (same as chinese calligraphy)?
Its called Ink Stick
Some Typical Ink Sticks
If you find these characters on top of a Chinese ink stick, it means that the soot for it came from burning twigs or roots from a pine tree.
The top character means 'pine'. The one in the middle means 'soot' or 'smoke'. The last one (which is not always present) means 'ink' or 'black'.
Pine soot ink looks very black to our Western eyes. It has a blue-black hue and yields dead-matt writing on Western papers.
Apart from looking for these characters, there is a good way to decide if an ink stick is made from pine soot by observing its bottom part (the one which you grind) when it is dry. If it looks matte and dull, you most certainly have an ink stick made from pine.
A Chinese ink stick with these characters on the top indicates a stick where the soot has been obtained by burning vegetable oil.
The top character means 'vegetable oil'. The one in the middle means 'soot' or 'smoke'. The last one (which is not always present) means 'ink' or 'black'.
Vegetable oil soot ink is a bit shiny and has a brown-black hue.
When studying its bottom part (the one which you grind) when it is dry, you will find it glossy and smooth.
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