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Uncommon card · Science
Hydrophobe, an Uncommon card
In chemistry, hydrophobicity is the chemical property of a molecule that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 28,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Hydrophobe quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hydrophobe card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
By contrast, ______ are attracted to water.
Answer
hydrophiles. By contrast, hydrophiles are attracted to water. From the Hydrophobe article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Natalie Coughlin. Natalie Coughlin 77 · Bioregionalism 74 · Hydrophobe 71 · Galactic habitable zone 68 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.
- By contrast, hydrophiles are attracted to water.
- Hydrophobic molecules tend to be nonpolar and, thus, prefer other neutral molecules and nonpolar solvents.
- Because water molecules are polar, hydrophobes do not dissolve well among them.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hydrophobe article was read about 28,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Hydrophobe
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.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Hydrophobe in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Francisco de QuevedoUncommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 68
- SomaticsUncommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 70
- BioregionalismUncommon · Science · ATK 74 DEF 65
- Karrie WebbUncommon · Society · ATK 75 DEF 64
- Mason MaddenUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 68
- Natalie CoughlinUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 62
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hydrophobe (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Plasmatreat Khoren, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
