No necessarily. Although the alkali metal cations are, most other cation-forming elements (metals) are not as many of them lose more than one electron.
It is even more complicate for the transition metals as they can move electrons between their s and d orbitals.
Boron is an element and is neither an anion or cation. If ionized it would tend to from B3+ and would be thus a cation.
Boron is an element and is neither an anion or cation. If ionized it would tend to from B3+ and would be thus a cation.
The element is calcium and the cation is Ca2+ ion
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^+).
Salts contain a cation and an anion; the cation is a metal or ammonium, anions are also very different.
The cation is the metal "Cu", otherwise known as the element Copper.
No it's an element.
The cation is the Potassium - K+. KOH is not a chemical element, its a compound - more specially a base.
Cesium is a cation, as it has a positive charge due to losing an electron.
Oxygen is neither a cation nor an anion. It is a neutral element.
Boron is an element and is neither an anion or cation. If ionized it would tend to from B3+ and would be thus a cation.
Boron is an element and is neither an anion or cation. If ionized it would tend to from B3+ and would be thus a cation.
nope x No, a cation is another name for a positively charged ion, but it is not an element.
The element is calcium and the cation is Ca2+ ion
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^+).
Cation is always smaller than corresponding neutral atom.
The polyatomic cation for lithium nitrate is Li+. This cation is derived from the element Lithium with a positive charge in the compound lithium nitrate.