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A '''cation''' (pronounced with a hard "t", as in "cat eye on") is a positively charged [[ion]]<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Chemistry''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>. It is the opposite of an [[anion]].  It is so named because, during [[electrolysis]], it migrates toward the [[cathode]].  Cations are typically metal ions. In a sodium chloride solution the Na⁺ ions are cations and the Cl^- ions are anions.

A '''cation''' (pronounced with a hard "t", as in "'''cat''' eye on") is a positively charged [[ion]]<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Chemistry''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>. It is the opposite of an [[anion]].  It is so named because, during [[electrolysis]], it migrates toward the [[cathode]].  Cations are typically metal ions. In a sodium chloride solution the Na⁺ ions are cations and the Cl^- ions are anions.

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