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Such ions are called cations. They are usually individual metal atoms that have lost one or more electrons from their outermost shell. This loss of electrons (and thus a loss of negative charge) produces a slight positive charge on the remaining ion, e.g Li+, Rb+, Mg++, Ba++, Fe++, Fe+++. Notice that all of these ions are atoms from the metal section of the Periodic Table, the centre, the lower, and the left hand Such ions are called cations. They are usually individual metal atoms that have lost one or more electrons from their outermost shell. This loss of electrons (and thus a loss of negative charge) produces a slight positive charge on the remaining ion, e.g Li+, Rb+, Mg++, Ba++, Fe++, Fe+++. Notice that all of these ions are atoms from the metal section of the Periodic table, the centre, the lower, and the left hand

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