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Float glass, an Uncommon card
Float glass is a sheet of glass made by floating molten glass on a bed of molten metal of a low melting point, typically tin, although lead was used for the process in the past.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 109
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 42,000
Power 109 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Float glass quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Float glass card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This method gives the sheet uniform ______ and a very flat surface.
Answer
thickness. This method gives the sheet uniform thickness and a very flat surface. From the Float glass article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The float glass process is also known as the Pilkington process, named after the British glass manufacturer Pilkington, which pioneered the technique in the ____s at their production site in St Helens, Merseyside.
Answer
1950s. The float glass process is also known as the Pilkington process, named after the British glass manufacturer Pilkington, which pioneered the technique in the 1950s at their production site in St Helens, Merseyside. From the Float glass article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Mamed Khalidov. Mamed Khalidov 70 · Cesare Beccaria 67 · Float glass 63 · Complement 58 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 method gives the sheet uniform thickness and a very flat surface.
- The float glass process is also known as the Pilkington process, named after the British glass manufacturer Pilkington, which pioneered the technique in the 1950s at their production site in St Helens, Merseyside.
- Modern windows are usually made from float glass, though Corning Incorporated uses the overflow downdraw method.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Float glass article was read about 42,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Float glass
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Float glass (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The original uploader was Secretlondon at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
