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Cations in a sentence

• Consequently, these partially unshielded cations create a very large electric fields extending into the supercage.2003, Scott M. Auerbach, Kathleen A. Carrado, Prabir K. Dutta, Handbook of Zeolite Science and Technology (page 60). From the entry supercage
• The microporous titanosilicate K₂TiSi₃O₉.H₂O was subjected to ion exchange by the other alkaline cations and NH₄⁺.1999, V. Valtchev et al., “Investigation of the ion-exchanged forms of the microporous titanosilicate K₂TiSi₃O₉.H₂O”, in Microporous and…. From the entry titanosilicate
• In the process of asbestifiation there is a considerable loss of ferrous iron and magnesium cations.1968, Proceedings of the USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 109, 110. From the entry asbestification
• This ideal net gives rise to the formation of B₁₂ truncated tetrahedra, where the A cations are lodged.2000, Angel Vegas, Cations in Inorganic Solids: Crystallography Reviews, volume 7, number 3, page 248. From the entry truncated tetrahedron
• Also present are extracrystalline cations compensating for fixed anionic lattice sites at the extracrystalline surface of the zeolite.1994, M. Stöcker, H.G. Karge, J.C. Jansen, Advanced Zeolite Science and Applications, page 550. From the entry extracrystalline

Meaning of cation

1. noun A positively charged ion: one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.

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Questions about the plural of cation

What is the plural of cation?

The plural of cation is cations.

Is cation countable?

Cation is a countable noun.