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Title: Postive Choride ion
Post by: Vishal on January 30, 2015, 06:43:40 AM

Hi Everyone
There is problem created by lecturer about existance of Cl⁺ ion in some special condition.
Chlorine belong to halogen family which are highly electronegative in nature and can exist in chloride anion. Is it possible for existance of chloride cation ? If yes in which case does it happen ?   

Title: Re: Postive Choride ion
Post by: Hunter2 on January 30, 2015, 07:06:23 AM

In chemical way molecules like ClF and ClF₃ have some polarisation, but not really a cation.  But a cation I think is only possible in a high electical field or plasma conditions, also from physical nature.

Title: Re: Postive Choride ion
Post by: billnotgatez on January 30, 2015, 07:20:02 AM

@Vishal
Is this what the lecture was about?
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/inorganic/redox/oxidnstates.html
OXIDATION STATES (OXIDATION NUMBERS)