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Curie, an Uncommon card
The curie is a non-SI unit of radioactivity originally defined in 1910.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 87
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 87 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Curie quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Curie card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In modern terms, 1 curie is the mass of Radon-222 in secular ______ with 1 gram of Radium-226.
Answer
equilibrium. In modern terms, 1 curie is the mass of Radon-222 in secular equilibrium with 1 gram of Radium-226. From the Curie article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The curie is a non-SI unit of radioactivity originally defined in ____.
Answer
1910s. The curie is a non-SI unit of radioactivity originally defined in 1910. From the Curie article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Luca Zingaretti. Luca Zingaretti 61 · Curie 57 · Betty Grissom 53 · OSBPL1A 44 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.
- According to a notice in Nature at the time, it was to be named in honour of Pierre Curie, but was considered at least by some to be in honour of Marie Skłodowska-Curie as well, and is in later literature considered to be named for both.
- In 1910, it was originally defined as "the quantity or mass of radium emanation in equilibrium with one gram of radium".
- In modern terms, 1 curie is the mass of Radon-222 in secular equilibrium with 1 gram of Radium-226.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Curie article was read about 44,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Curie
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- Luca ZingarettiUncommon · Arts · ATK 61 DEF 26
- Boris MikhailovUncommon · Society · ATK 59 DEF 28
- Johann van BeethovenUncommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 29
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Curie (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : grenadier, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
