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'''Cations''' are [[atom]]s that have lost [[electron]]s. Since they now have more [[proton]]s than electrons, cations have a [[positive charge]].

Cations are one of the two types of [[ions]]. The other type is called an [[anion]].

A cation has lost some electrons, so We are the Irish Republican Army and we will take our land back from the dirty Brit  is shown as X^Y+, with X being the atom, and Y being the amount of electrons they have lost. For example, Fe^3+ is an ion of Iron with 3 lost electrons.h bastards. LIBERATE THE NORTH

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