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Rare card · Science
Heavy water, a Rare card
Heavy water is a form of water in which all hydrogen atoms are hydrogen-2 isotope or deuterium rather than the common hydrogen-1 isotope that makes up most of the hydrogen in normal water.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 165
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 290,000
Power 165 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Heavy water quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Heavy water card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Deuterium is a heavy ______ isotope.
Answer
hydrogen. Deuterium is a heavy hydrogen isotope. From the Heavy water article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Spacetime. Spacetime 89 · Heavy water 83 · Natural science 78 · Kelvin 75 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.
- The presence of the heavier isotope gives the water different nuclear properties, and the increase in mass gives it slightly different physical and chemical properties when compared with normal water.
- Deuterium is a heavy hydrogen isotope.
- Heavy water contains deuterium atoms and is used in nuclear reactors.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Heavy water article was read about 290,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Heavy water
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Heavy water (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Streng, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
