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This is an atom, radical, molecule or molecular moiety which has lost one of more electrons thereby attaining an electrically positive charge. The use of the term cation as an alternative is not recommended. The use of mass ion is not recommended.
This is an atom, radical, molecule or molecular moiety which has lost one of more electrons thereby attaining an electrically positive charge. The use of the term [[cation]] as an alternative is not recommended. The use of [[mass ion]] is not recommended.


See: [[negative ion]]
See: [[negative ion]]

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Orange Book entry

Orange Book

ORANGE BOOK DEFINITION

IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979 (see also Orange Book 2023)

Positive ion

This is an electrically charged atom, radical, molecule or molecular moiety which has lost one or more electrons, thereby acquiring a positive charge. The term 'cation' is not recommended because of its use in solution chemistry. The use of the term 'Mass ion' is not recommended.

IUPAC 1997 Orange Book Chapter 12
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Gold Book entry

Gold Book

GOLD BOOK DEFINITION

IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the Gold Book). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).

Positive ion

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This is an atom, radical, molecule or molecular moiety which has lost one of more electrons thereby attaining an electrically positive charge. The use of the term cation as an alternative is not recommended. The use of mass ion is not recommended.

See: negative ion

Source:

PAC, 1991, 63, 1541 (Recommendations for nomenclature and symbolism for mass spectroscopy (including an appendix of terms used in vacuum technology). (Recommendations 1991)) on page 1549

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