Since all bases produce hydroxyl anions, while the cationsof each are different, the properties which all bases have in common when in solution must be due to the hydroxyl ions.
The term "reduction" is applied to all processes in which the valence of the metal of a compound is diminished, or, in other words, to all processes in which the charge on the cations is diminished.
From this standpoint a metal can be defined as an element capable of forming simple cations in solution.
Notwithstanding the striking contrasts of all kinds which these gases present of property, of density, whether simple or compound, anions or cations (665.
He compares an electrolytic cell to a ballroom, in which are gyrating a number of dancing couples, representing the neutral molecules, and a number of isolated ladies and gentlemen representing the anions and cations respectively.
A similar experiment has been made with a series of cations combined with various anions.
In virtue of the attraction between charges of different sign, and repulsion between charges of like sign, the cations are repelled by the positive charge on the anode, and attracted by the negative charge on the cathode.
This treatment renders the water more usable for washing, as the polyvalent cations interfere with the detergent action of soaps.
In biochemistry, sequestration is one means of reversibly inhibiting enzymes which depend on divalent metal cations (such as Magnesium) for their activity.
There is little difference in the rates at which the cations move.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
