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Rare card · Science
Magnesium sulfate, a Rare card
Magnesium sulfate or magnesium sulphate is a chemical compound, a salt with the formula MgSO4, consisting of magnesium cations Mg2+ and sulfate anions SO42−.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 200,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Magnesium sulfate quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Magnesium sulfate card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is a white ______ solid, soluble in water.
Answer
crystalline. It is a white crystalline solid, soluble in water. From the Magnesium sulfate article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Barbiturate. Barbiturate 630,000 · Hyperbolic functions 390,000 · Magnesium sulfate 200,000 · Binna Burra Cultural Landscape 590 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 is a white crystalline solid, soluble in water.
- Magnesium sulfate is usually encountered in the form of a hydrate MgSO4·nH2O, for various values of n between 1 and 11.
- The most common is the heptahydrate MgSO4·7H2O, known as Epsom salt, which is a household chemical with many common uses, including bath salts.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Magnesium sulfate article was read about 200,000 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 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Magnesium sulfate
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Magnesium sulfate (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Smokefoot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
