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Abrikosov vortex, a Common card
In superconductivity, an Abrikosov vortex is a vortex of supercurrent in a type-II superconductor, used by Soviet physicist Alexei Abrikosov to explain magnetic behavior of type-II superconductors in 1957.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 48
- DEF
- 29
- Power
- 77
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,800
Power 77 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Abrikosov vortices occur generically in the Ginzburg–Landau theory of superconductivity.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Abrikosov vortex article was read about 9,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 48 and blocks with 29: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Abrikosov vortex (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Frederick S. Wells, Alexey V. Pan, X. Renshaw Wang, Sergey A. Fedoseev & Hans Hilgenkamp, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
