Charles Dickens, in full Charles John Huffam Dickens, (born February 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Englandâdied June 9, 1870, Gadâs Hill, near Chatham, Kent), English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era.
The alkali metals in group 1 are always +1 when they form cations. The alkaline earth metals in group 2 are always +2 when they form cations. Aluminum and the elements in group 3 are always +3 when they form cations. Zinc and cadmium always form +2 cations. Monatomic Cation Names. The names of monatomic cations always start with the name of the metal, sometimes followed by a Roman numeral to indicate the charge of the ion. For example, Cu + is copper(I), and Cu 2+ is copper(II).
Organic compounds were associated with living organisms, however, a large number of organic compounds have been synthesized which do not occur in nature, so this distinction is no longer valid. Ionic compounds: (an association of a cation and an anion) The positive ion (cation) is always named first and listed first in writing the formula for the compound. The vast majority of monatomic (composed of a single atom) cations are formed from metallic elements: