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What happens to the number of protons in a cation?

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Answer:

number of protons is more than the number of electrons.

Step-by-step explanation:

A cation is a positively charged ion.

An ion is an atom that has lost or gained electron(s). In an ion, the number of protons and electrons are not the same.

Number of protons is the number of positively charged particles

Number of electrons is the number of negatively charged particles.

For a cation, which is positively charged, the number of protons is more than the number of electrons.

Therefore, in cations, we have more protons than electrons.

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