A food for all seasons. Breadfruit is a good staple food that can be easily preserved and eaten all year round. Many Island people use breadfruit only when it is in season. Much breadfruit is therefore wasted because a great deal of this food is available only at one time and because few preservation methods are being used.
Re-jigger the arrangement, and â presto! â the atoms form diamond, one of the hardest materials in the world. Carbon is also the key ingredient for most life on Earth; the pigment that made the first tattoos; and the basis for technological marvels such as graphene, which is a material stronger than steel and more
Source: Oxygen is the most abundant element in the Earthâs crust, accounting for almost half of it by mass. More than half of the atoms in the Earthâs crust are oxygen atoms. About 86 percent of the mass of Earthâs oceans is oxygen â mainly in the form of water. Oxygen is the third most common element in the Universe, behind hydrogen and helium. It is obtained commercially from liquefied air separation plants. It can be prepared in the laboratory by electrolysis of water. Isotopes: 13 whose half-lives are known, with mass numbers 12 to 24.