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Carnot heat engine, an Uncommon card
A Carnot heat engine is a theoretical heat engine that operates on the Carnot cycle.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 62,000
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Carnot heat engine quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carnot heat engine card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Carnot engine is the most ______ heat engine which is theoretically possible.
Answer
efficient. The Carnot engine is the most efficient heat engine which is theoretically possible. From the Carnot heat engine article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The basic model for this engine was developed by French military engineer Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot in ____.
Answer
1820s. The basic model for this engine was developed by French military engineer Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot in 1824. From the Carnot heat engine article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Carnot heat engine. Carnot heat engine 86 · USS Little Rock 79 · Louis Le Prince 75 · Ulugh Beg 72 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.
- The basic model for this engine was developed by French military engineer Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot in 1824.
- The Carnot engine model was graphically expanded by Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron in 1834 and mathematically explored by Rudolf Clausius in 1857, work that led to the fundamental thermodynamic concept of entropy.
- The Carnot engine is the most efficient heat engine which is theoretically possible.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carnot heat engine article was read about 62,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Carnot heat engine
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carnot heat engine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : VectorVoyager, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
