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
1 Zinc is the 24 th most abundant element in the Earth's crust. 2  Zinc is the fourth most common metal used today (after iron, aluminum and copper). 3  Zinc exposed to air will form a layer of zinc carbonate by reacting with carbon dioxide. 4  This layer protects the metal from further reactions with air or water.