Cations are always positive, whatever they're of. Ooh, or is that anions? Yeah, on second thoughts I think cations are negative. Hang on a minute, I'll check...
...nope, I was right first time. Cations are positive.
Silver forms a cation with a charge of +1, represented as Ag+.
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^+).
Monatomic ions can carry either a positive or negative charge, depending on the number of electrons relative to protons. When an atom loses one or more electrons, it becomes a positively charged ion, known as a cation. Conversely, if an atom gains electrons, it becomes a negatively charged ion, known as an anion. Thus, monatomic ions can have either charge based on their electron configuration.
This ion is the hydrogen cation.
Oxidation Number
Silver forms a cation with a charge of +1, represented as Ag+.
No, gaining two electrons would give calcium a full outer shell and make it a stable anion, not a cation. Calcium typically loses two electrons to become a monatomic cation with a 2+ charge.
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^+).
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^+).
No. Like other metals potassium forms a monatomic cation.
Monatomic ions can carry either a positive or negative charge, depending on the number of electrons relative to protons. When an atom loses one or more electrons, it becomes a positively charged ion, known as a cation. Conversely, if an atom gains electrons, it becomes a negatively charged ion, known as an anion. Thus, monatomic ions can have either charge based on their electron configuration.
This ion is the hydrogen cation.
18 electrons.
A unipositive or uninegative monoatomic ion.
A monatomic ion is an ion consisting of a single atom with a positive or negative charge. The oxidation number of a monatomic ion is equal to the charge of the ion.
No. Like other metals potassium forms a monatomic cation.
A cation possesses a positive charge.