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What are the cations and anions?

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Cations are the species that have net positive charge on them while anions are the species that have negative charge over them. For eg:-

anions: SO₄^2- , CO₃^2-, S^2-

cations: Al³⁺, Sr²⁺ , Ca²⁺

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