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Calcium formate, a Common card
Calcium formate is the calcium salt of formic acid. It is also known as E238.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 44
- Power
- 99
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,700
Power 99 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Calcium formate quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Calcium formate card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Calcium formate is stable at room temperature, is flammable and forms ______ crystals.
Answer
orthorhombic. Calcium formate is stable at room temperature, is flammable and forms orthorhombic crystals. From the Calcium formate article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1998 China floods. 1998 China floods 58 · Calcium formate 55 · River Hamble 52 · Nembrotha kubaryana 48 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.
- Under this E number it is used as an animal feed preservative within EU, but not in foods intended for people.
- Calcium formate is stable at room temperature, is flammable and forms orthorhombic crystals.
- The mineral form is very rare and called formicaite, and is known from a few boron deposits.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Calcium formate article was read about 5,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 44: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Calcium formate
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Calcium formate (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Edgar181, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
