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Hermann Kolbe, a Common card
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe was a German chemist and academic, and a major contributor to the birth of modern organic chemistry.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 33
- Power
- 95
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,100
Power 95 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Hermann Kolbe quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hermann Kolbe card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a ______ at Marburg and Leipzig.
Answer
professor. He was a professor at Marburg and Leipzig. From the Hermann Kolbe article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hermann Kolbe. Hermann Kolbe 62 · Worlds of Pixar 58 · James Hamblin 55 · Suzuri-bako 45 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was a professor at Marburg and Leipzig.
- Kolbe was the first to apply the term synthesis in a chemical context, and contributed to the philosophical demise of vitalism through synthesis of the organic substance acetic acid from carbon disulfide, and also contributed to the development of structural theory.
- This was done via modifications to the idea of "radicals" and accurate prediction of the existence of secondary and tertiary alcohols, and to the emerging array of organic reactions through his Kolbe electrolysis of carboxylate salts, the Kolbe-Schmitt reaction in the preparation of aspirin and the Kolbe nitrile synthesis.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hermann Kolbe article was read about 5,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 33: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hermann Kolbe (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : A. Brasch, Leipzig, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
