Paws-itive Charge: The Chemistry Of Cat-ions

Paws-itive Charge: The Chemistry Of Cat-ions
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This purrfect chemistry pun is giving me flashbacks to ionic bonding lectures! The meme cleverly uses a cat (cat-ion) and its paw (paw-sitive) to illustrate that "-ions are -sitive" or more accurately: cations are positive. In chemistry, cations are positively charged ions that have lost electrons, while anions (the negative ions) have gained electrons. Remember the mnemonic: "paws-itive cat-ions" and "negative an-ions." Next time your chemistry professor asks about charge, just picture this orange tabby judging your electron configuration.

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