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Uncommon card · Science
Amphiphile, an Uncommon card
In chemistry, an amphiphile, also referred to as an amphipath, is a dipolar chemical compound possessing both hydrophilic and lipophilic properties within the same molecule.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 37
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 18,000
Power 96 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Amphiphile quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Amphiphile card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Such compound is called ______ or amphipathic.
Answer
amphiphilic. Such compound is called amphiphilic or amphipathic. From the Amphiphile article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Louis Bachelier. Louis Bachelier 66 · Amphiphile 59 · Buttered toast phenomenon 55 · Bahrain Island 51 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.
- Such compound is called amphiphilic or amphipathic.
- This dipolar characteristic implies the existence of different chemical groups forming spatially segregated regions with contrasting surface polarity.
- Amphiphilic compounds include surfactants, detergents, block copolymers, and Janus particles.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Amphiphile article was read about 18,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 37: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Amphiphile
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Amphiphile in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Bahrain IslandUncommon · Nature · ATK 51 DEF 45
- Louis BachelierUncommon · Science · ATK 66 DEF 30
- List of Korean dessertsUncommon · Society · ATK 52 DEF 44
- Bi-elliptic transferUncommon · Science · ATK 60 DEF 36
- Kacheguda railway stationUncommon · Society · ATK 54 DEF 42
- S10Uncommon · Science · ATK 55 DEF 41
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Amphiphile (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lennert B, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
