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Rare card · Science
Borax, a Rare card
Borax is a salt normally encountered as a hydrated borate of sodium, with the chemical formula Na2H20B4O17.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 167
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 330,000
Power 167 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Borax quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Borax card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Borax can be dehydrated by heating into other forms with less water of ______.
Answer
hydration. Borax can be dehydrated by heating into other forms with less water of hydration. From the Borax article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Afterlife. Afterlife 89 · Medicine 86 · Dengue fever outbreaks 81 · Borax 77 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Chemistry. Chemistry 420,000 · Borax 330,000 · Dengue fever outbreaks 6,400 · Casein kinase 1 isoform epsilon 2,100 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.
- Borax mineral is a crystalline borate mineral that occurs in only a few places worldwide in quantities that enable it to be mined economically.
- Borax can be dehydrated by heating into other forms with less water of hydration.
- The anhydrous form of borax can also be obtained from the decahydrate or other hydrates by heating and then grinding the resulting glasslike solid into a powder.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Borax article was read about 330,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Borax
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- AfterlifeRare · Society · ATK 89 DEF 78
- Kingston, JamaicaRare · Society · ATK 79 DEF 88
- Schleswig-HolsteinRare · History · ATK 86 DEF 81
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Borax (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Aram Dulyan ( User:Aramgutang ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
