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Rare card · Science
Cherenkov radiation, a Rare card
Cherenkov radiation is an electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle passes through a dielectric medium at a speed greater than the phase velocity of light in that medium.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 320,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Cherenkov radiation quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cherenkov radiation card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ is named after Soviet physicist Pavel Cherenkov.
Answer
phenomenon. The phenomenon is named after Soviet physicist Pavel Cherenkov. From the Cherenkov radiation article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Janis Ian. Janis Ian 82 · Frank Hawthorne 78 · Cherenkov radiation 73 · Flowchart 66 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
A. A 3,900,000 · Cherenkov radiation 320,000 · Flowchart 250,000 · Frank Hawthorne 3,300 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.
- A classic example of Cherenkov radiation is the characteristic blue glow of an underwater nuclear reactor.
- Its cause is similar to the cause of a sonic boom, the sharp sound heard when faster-than-sound movement occurs.
- The phenomenon is named after Soviet physicist Pavel Cherenkov.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cherenkov radiation article was read about 320,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cherenkov radiation (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Argonne National Laboratory, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
