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Uncommon card · Science
Formic acid, an Uncommon card
Formic acid, systematically named methanoic acid, is the simplest carboxylic acid.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Formic acid quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Formic acid card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It has the ______ formula HCOOH and structure H−C−O−H.
Answer
chemical. It has the chemical formula HCOOH and structure H−C−O−H. From the Formic acid article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Greece. History of Greece 87 · 200 metres 83 · HTML5 79 · Formic acid 74 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.
- It has the chemical formula HCOOH and structure H−C−O−H.
- This acid is an important intermediate in chemical synthesis and occurs naturally, most notably in some ants.
- Esters, salts, and the anion derived from formic acid are called formates.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Formic acid article was read about 160,000 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 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Formic acid
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Formic acid (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : W. Oelen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
