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The word cation is derived from the Greek word kata with the meaning of down (=loss of electrons).
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What are all positive ions called?
A positive ion is called a cation.
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 a cation a positive charge?
Yes, a cation is a ion with positive charge.
Positive charged ion?
Cation
What is the name of a positive ion?
It is a cation.
A positive ion known as an?
it is called a cation and a negitively charged ion is an anion
What are all positive ions called?
A positive ion is called a cation.
What name is given to a positive ion?
A positive ion is called a cation.
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
A positive ion is called an?
Cation
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 the positive ion of hydrogen a cation?
All positive ions are called 'cations' (by definition of this word)
An ion with a positive charge is called?
A positive ion, which is the same thing as "an ion with a positive charge", is called a "cation".
What is the specific name for a negative ion is an?
A negative ion is called an anion, while a positive ion is called a cation.
What is a positive charge on a ion called?
positive ions are called cations, while negatively charged ions are called anions
What is an atom called after an ionic bond?
Ions. And they can also be called anion or cation depending on their charges. An anion is a negative ion, a cation is a positive ion.
Positive ions are called what?
A positive ion is called a cation.
