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Wallace Carothers, an Uncommon card
Wallace Hume Carothers was an American chemist, inventor, and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who was credited with the invention of nylon.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 111
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 18,000
Power 111 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Wallace Carothers quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wallace Carothers card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Carothers was an organic chemist who, in addition to first developing nylon, also helped lay the ______ for neoprene.
Answer
groundwork. Carothers was an organic chemist who, in addition to first developing nylon, also helped lay the groundwork for neoprene. From the Wallace Carothers article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Thomas Sydenham. Thomas Sydenham 69 · Wallace Carothers 66 · Off-road racing 61 · Étienne Lenoir 56 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.
- Carothers was a group leader at the DuPont Experimental Station laboratory, near Wilmington, Delaware, where most polymer research was done.
- Carothers was an organic chemist who, in addition to first developing nylon, also helped lay the groundwork for neoprene.
- After receiving his PhD, he taught at several universities before he was hired by DuPont to work on fundamental research.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wallace Carothers article was read about 18,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Wallace Carothers
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wallace Carothers (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
