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Ammonium nitrite, a Common card
Ammonium nitrite is a chemical compound with the chemical formula [NH4]NO2.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 44
- DEF
- 21
- Power
- 65
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,000
Power 65 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Ammonium nitrite quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ammonium nitrite card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is the ammonium salt of ______ acid.
Answer
nitrous. It is the ammonium salt of nitrous acid. From the Ammonium nitrite article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Feyzin disaster. Feyzin disaster 50 · Ammonium nitrite 44 · Visa policy of Palestine 41 · Cresset 38 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is the ammonium salt of nitrous acid.
- It is composed of ammonium cations [NH4]+ and nitrite anions NO−2.
- It is not used in pure isolated form since it is highly unstable and decomposes into water and nitrogen, even at room temperature.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ammonium nitrite article was read about 6,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 44 and blocks with 21: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ammonium nitrite (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wostr ( talk ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

