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Which elements will form a cation? Oxygen Helium Magnesium Sulfur
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Which elements will form a cation?
Oxygen
Helium
Magnesium
Sulfur

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Your answer is going to be magnesium
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Answer:

Magnesium

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Magnesium is a metal

  • Metals have tendency to give up the electrons of the outermost shell and forms cation.


  • Mg \longrightarrow Mg^(2+) + 2e^-

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