Cation

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(thing) by FlexAble (5.1 y) (print) ? I like it! Mon Apr 03 2000 at 1:24:55

A positively-charged ion. All cations are metallic, with the exception of ammonium.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:23:43

Cat"i*on (?), n. [Gr. downward + going, p. pr. of to go.] Chem.

An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion.

Faraday.

Ammonium	Alkoxide	prion	Classification of chemical reactions
F-centre	Anion	Coordination compound naming	oxoanion
mass number	carbocation	cation exhange resin	Fajans' rules
ion	atom	Periodic Table of the Elements	proton
hydrolysis	cleavage	molecular biology	Dream Log: May 20, 2004
Cathode	cation-pi	Ionic bond	Bizarro

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