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Benzoic acid, an Uncommon card
Benzoic acid is a white or colorless crystalline organic compound with the formula C6H5COOH, whose structure consists of a benzene ring with a carboxyl substituent.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Benzoic acid quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Benzoic acid card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is the ______ aromatic carboxylic acid.
Answer
simplest. It is the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid. From the Benzoic acid article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Behaviorism. Behaviorism 84 · Median 79 · Carcinogen 75 · Benzoic acid 69 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Median. Median 250,000 · Propane 180,000 · Carcinogen 140,000 · Benzoic acid 110,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- The benzoyl group is often abbreviated "Bz", thus benzoic acid is also denoted as BzOH, since the benzoyl group has the formula −C6H5CO.
- It is the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid.
- The name is derived from gum benzoin, which was for a long time its only source.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Benzoic acid article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Benzoic acid
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Benzoic acid (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Devon Fyson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
