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Calcium chloride is a salt; calcium is the cation and chloride the anion.
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What is the charge of anion?
A cation has a positive charge and an anion has a negative charge.
Is silver a cation or an anion?
Silver is normally not a cation or an anion, it is an element. Once it becomes an ion however, it will become a CATION with a +1 charge (Ag^+).
What is an atom with an electrical charge on it called?
An atom with a charge (either positive or negative) is called an "ion." An ion with a positive charge is called a "cation" and an ion with a negative charge is called an "anion ."
Is carbonate an anion or cation?
no ion can be form
Is scandium a cation or an anion?
is scandium a cation or an anion
Which atom becomes the anion in calcium chloride?
In CaCl2, Cl- is the anion while Ca2+ is the cation.
Is po43- a polyatomic anion or cation?
Phosphate (PO43-) is a polyatomic anion. The way to tell this is to look at the charge - an anion has a negative charge and a cation has a positive charge.
As a cation moves towards an anion what happens to the energy?
Energy will decrease because they are attracted to eachother. A cation has a positive charge and an anion has a negative charge.
What is the diffrenece between an anion and a cation?
An anion has gained electrons and therefore has a negative charge, while a cation has lost electrons and therefore has a positive charge.
What is the charge of anion?
A cation has a positive charge and an anion has a negative charge.
What ions that carry a positive charge called?
An ion with a positive charge is called a cation, and has a superscript + sign to the right of it An ion with a negative charge is called an anion, and has a superscript - sign to the right of it
Is silver a cation or an anion?
Silver is normally not a cation or an anion, it is an element. Once it becomes an ion however, it will become a CATION with a +1 charge (Ag^+).
Is silver a cation or anion?
Silver is normally not a cation or an anion, it is an element. Once it becomes an ion however, it will become a CATION with a +1 charge (Ag^+).
An atom that has a charge is what?
An ion, a positive charge is a cation and a negative charge is a anion.
What do you call an atom with a charge?
If it has a positive charge it is a Cation. If it has a negative charge it is an Anion.
Is Sulfate a cation?
No, it has a negative charge so it is an anion
What it a cation?
An ion with a positive charge.-- opposite of an anion.
