Chemistry A-Level
Cations lose electrons, anions gain electrons
What Cations lose electrons, anions gain electrons means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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A positive ion has lost electrons, so subtract the charge from the electron count; a negative ion has gained electrons, so add the magnitude of the charge.
Topics that use Cations lose electrons, anions gain electrons
- Electron structure (OCR A-Level)
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- Atomic orbital
- Atomic orbitals
- Distinguishing capacity from filling order
- Electron capacity of s-, p- and d-sub-shells
- Electron configuration
- Fixed number of orbitals per sub-shell
- Ion electron configurations
- Noble-gas shorthand
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