what is cation????....
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ᴀɴ ɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴀɴ ᴀᴛᴏᴍ ᴏʀ ᴍᴏʟᴇᴄᴜʟᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀs ᴀ ɴᴇᴛ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇ. sɪɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏɴ ɪs ᴇǫᴜᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴘᴘᴏsɪᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴏɴ, ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴛ ᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇ ᴏғ ᴀɴ ɪᴏɴ ɪs ɴᴏɴ-ᴢᴇʀᴏ ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛs ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏɴs ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴜɴᴇǫᴜᴀʟ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛs ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴏɴs.
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A positively charged ion is called a cation.
H+, Mg2+, etc.
A negatively charged ion is called an anion.
For example, OH-, CO3-, etc.
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