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Which chemical species can easily form an ionic bond with a cation?

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chloride, iodide, bromide because they are halogens and thus are highly electronegative and will remove an electron from a highly electropositive atom to form an ionic bond.
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Anions, or negative ions, bond most easily with cations, or positive ions. Examples of anions are Cl- and F-.
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