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Rare card · Science
Glycerol, a Rare card
Glycerol is a sugar alcohol with chemical formula C3H53.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 166
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 310,000
Power 166 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Glycerol quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Glycerol card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It has three carbon atoms with one ______ group on each.
Answer
hydroxyl. It has three carbon atoms with one hydroxyl group on each. From the Glycerol article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Francesca Albanese. Francesca Albanese 86 · Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 81 · Glycerol 78 · Emphysema 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 three carbon atoms with one hydroxyl group on each.
- Glycerol is a colorless, odorless, sweet-tasting, viscous liquid at Standard Ambient Temperature and Pressure.
- Because of its three hydroxyl groups, glycerol is miscible with water and is hygroscopic in nature.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Glycerol article was read about 310,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Glycerol
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Glycerol in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesRare · Science · ATK 81 DEF 85
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- HegemonyRare · History · ATK 79 DEF 87
- MonicaRare · Arts · ATK 81 DEF 85
- FolkloreRare · Arts · ATK 83 DEF 83
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Glycerol (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NEUROtiker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
