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Carl Auer von Welsbach, a Common card
Carl Auer von Welsbach, who received the Austrian noble title of Freiherr Auer von Welsbach in 1901, was an Austrian scientist and inventor, who separated didymium into the elements neodymium and praseodymium in 1885.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 153
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,500
Power 153 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Carl Auer von Welsbach quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carl Auer von Welsbach card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He had a ______ not only for making scientific advances, but also for turning them into commercially successful products.
Answer
talent. He had a talent not only for making scientific advances, but also for turning them into commercially successful products. From the Carl Auer von Welsbach article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was also one of three scientists to independently discover the element lutetium, separating it from ytterbium in ____, setting off the longest priority dispute in the history of chemistry.
Answer
1900s. He was also one of three scientists to independently discover the element lutetium, separating it from ytterbium in 1907, setting off the longest priority dispute in the history of chemistry. From the Carl Auer von Welsbach article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2019 Giro d'Italia. 2019 Giro d'Italia 83 · Respiratory complex I 79 · Tucana 73 · Carl Auer von Welsbach 69 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was also one of three scientists to independently discover the element lutetium, separating it from ytterbium in 1907, setting off the longest priority dispute in the history of chemistry.
- He had a talent not only for making scientific advances, but also for turning them into commercially successful products.
- His work on rare-earth elements led to the development of the ferrocerium "flints" used in modern lighters, the gas mantle that brought light to the streets of Europe in the late 19th century, and the metal-filament light bulb.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carl Auer von Welsbach article was read about 8,500 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 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Carl Auer von Welsbach (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
