Question

The positive ion is called ______ and the negative ion is called __________.

• A. Cation
• B. Anion

Answer 1

• Most of the compounds of metals and non-metals contain charged species.
• These charged species are called ions that are positively or negatively charged.
• A negatively charged ion is called an anion and a positively charged ion is called a cation.
• For example,
• The compound sodium chloride (Na Cl) contain positively charged sodium ion (Na⁺) which means it requires one more electron to form the compound and the negatively charged chloride ions (Cl^-) can lose one electron.
• Therefore, the positive ion is called cation and the negative ion is called anion.