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Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, an Uncommon card
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, also called EDTA acid, is an aminopolycarboxylic acid with the formula [CH2N2]2.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is thus used to dissolve Fe- and Ca-containing scale as well as to deliver iron ions under conditions where its ______ are insoluble.
Answer
oxides. It is thus used to dissolve Fe- and Ca-containing scale as well as to deliver iron ions under conditions where its oxides are insoluble. From the Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Geopolitics. Geopolitics 77 · Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid 74 · Willem de Kooning 71 · Feldspar 67 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.
- This white, slightly water-soluble solid is widely used to bind to iron and calcium ions, forming water-soluble complexes even at neutral pH.
- It is thus used to dissolve Fe- and Ca-containing scale as well as to deliver iron ions under conditions where its oxides are insoluble.
- EDTA is available as several salts, notably disodium EDTA, sodium calcium edetate, and tetrasodium EDTA, but these all function similarly.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NEUROtiker ( talk ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

