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How to use cation in a sentence

19 example sentences · noun

Cation means a positively charged ion: one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis. Example: “A cation is a positive ion as it has more protons than electrons.”

More sentences with cation

  • A cation is a positive ion as it has more protons than electrons.From the entry positive
  • For this reason, a demin line normally consists of a cation and an anion filter.2015, L. Daal, F. de Vos, J. Soons, T. de Vries, “Membrane technologies for water treatment and reuse in the power industries”, in Angelo…. From the entry demin
  • 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
  • Usually preslugs were injected to realize optimum salinity in the reservoir and also to control cation exchange.1991, P. H. Ogden, Chemicals in the oil industry: developments and applications, page 36. From the entry preslug
  • 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
  • A subsequent methylene migration would yield the chamigrenyl cation which could undergo a direct proton abstraction to form β-chamigrene.2016 February 18, “Rapid Discovery and Functional Characterization of Terpene Synthases from Four Endophytic Xylariaceae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry chamigrenyl
  • 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
  • The report cites neologisms like “vaxxie,” “vaxinista” and “vax(i)cation” and “inoculati.” Some may fade away and never make it into the dictionary.2021 October 31, Jennifer Schuessler, “Oxford’s 2021 Word of the Year Is a Shot in the Arm”, in The New York Times, archived from the…. From the entry strollout
  • The combined sample was fractionated into 24 fractions by strong cation exchange chromatography. iTRAQ-labeled peptides were loaded on to a reverse-phase nanobore column.2015 December 5, “Plasma Proteome Biomarkers of Inflammation in School Aged Children in Nepal”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry nanobore
  • Defining the exact mechanism by which these metal cations become mobile and illuviate is where the two main theories of podzolization diverge.2011, Pan Ming Huang, Yuncong Li, Malcolm E. Sumner, Handbook of Soil Sciences: Properties and Processes, →ISBN. From the entry illuviate
  • In the pillaring-grafting reaction the dimensionality increases by pillaring the organic or precursory polynuclear metal hydroxyl cations into an inorganic layer structured matrix.1998, Zhong Lin Wang with Zhen Chuan Kang, Functional and smart materials, page 226. From the entry pillar
  • Why an infant should not proceed to enjoy his pleasurable defæcations, reënforced by praise from his parents or nurse, is completely obscure.1937, The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, volume VI, page 410. From the entry defæcations
  • If the water quality is not according to specifications after leaving these two filters, a mixed bed (anion and cation resins in one tank) is used.2015, L. Daal, F. de Vos, J. Soons, T. de Vries, “Membrane technologies for water treatment and reuse in the power industries”, in Angelo…. From the entry demin
  • Simpson et al. identified variations in vertebral cancellous bone architecture in the sagittal plane at increasing states of intervertebral disc disorganization of the T12-L5 lumbar spine, using 2D histoquantification.2005 February, He Gong, “Regional variations in microstructural properties of vertebral trabeculae with aging”, in Journal of Bone and…. From the entry histoquantification
  • So far there have been no attempts to interclassify the metals according to their toxicity, but existing waterchemical data suggests that aluminium generally is the dominating metal cation.1997, Kjell Weppling, On the Assessment of Feasible Liming Strategies for Acid Sulphate Waters in Finland, page 25. From the entry interclassify
  • One of the criteria of efficiency is the reversal of these potassium movements, with decrease of kalemia and increase of the intra-cellular cation, expressing a recovery of ATPase activity.1982, Veterinary and Human Toxicology, page 67. From the entry kalemia
  • A fact of great importance for the sorption of amino acids onto ionites is that monoaminomonocarboxylic acids exist as cations and not zwitterions when sorbed onto sulfocationites from neutral solutions.1986, Georgiĭ Vasilʹevich Samsonov, Ion-exchange sorption and preparative chromatography of biologically active molecules, page 99. From the entry sulfocationite

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 cation in a sentence

How do you use cation in a sentence?
Cation is used as a noun. For example: “A cation is a positive ion as it has more protons than electrons.”
What is a short sentence with cation?
“A cation is a positive ion as it has more protons than electrons.”
What does cation mean?
Cation means a positively charged ion: one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.

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