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Uncommon card · Science
Carboxylic acid, an Uncommon card
In organic chemistry, a carboxylic acid is a polar, organic acid that contains a carboxyl group attached to an R-group.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 133 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Carboxylic acid quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carboxylic acid card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Important ______ include the amino acids and fatty acids.
Answer
examples. Important examples include the amino acids and fatty acids. From the Carboxylic acid article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Adiabatic process. Adiabatic process 75 · Carboxylic acid 70 · Volume 67 · Gneiss 64 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Wavelength. Wavelength 200,000 · Adiabatic process 150,000 · Carboxylic acid 120,000 · Applied mathematics 84,000 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 general formula of a carboxylic acid is often written as R−COOH or R−CO2H, sometimes as R−COH, with R referring to an organyl group, or hydrogen, or other groups.
- Carboxylic acids occur widely.
- Important examples include the amino acids and fatty acids.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carboxylic acid article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Carboxylic acid
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carboxylic acid (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : De.Nobelium, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
