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Anodizing, an Uncommon card
Anodizing is an electrolytic passivation process used to increase the thickness of the natural oxide layer on the surface of metal parts.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 81,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Anodizing quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Anodizing card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The process is called anodizing because the part to be treated forms the anode electrode of an ______ cell.
Answer
electrolytic. The process is called anodizing because the part to be treated forms the anode electrode of an electrolytic cell. From the Anodizing article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Internal structure of Earth. Internal structure of Earth 140,000 · Banjul 110,000 · Anodizing 81,000 · Great kiskadee 45,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The process is called anodizing because the part to be treated forms the anode electrode of an electrolytic cell.
- Anodizing increases resistance to corrosion and wear, and provides better adhesion for paint primers and glues than bare metal does.
- Anodic films can also be used for several cosmetic effects, either with thick porous coatings that can absorb dyes or with thin coatings whose color is due to thin film interference.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Anodizing article was read about 81,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Anodizing (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User:Polyparadigm, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
