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What do you mean by cation and anion

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Cations are positively-charged ions.

Anions are negatively-charged ions.

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Cations are ions that has a positive charge on it, and since it's a positive charge, it means that the ion has more protons than the number of electrons.

On the same contray, Anions are negatively charged particles having more electrons than protons in it, and hence bearing a negative charge.

property : non - alike ions attract each other by electrostatic force.

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