After losing its electron is there still something identifying it as hydrogen? Are all lone protons just hydrogen cations?
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A single lone Proton is Hydrogen, with or without an electron.
It’s a cation because it has a positive charge.
Specifically it’s H1 or Protium, while Hydrogen with 1 Neutron is H2 or Deuterium, and with 2 neutrons it’s H3 or Tritium which is radioactive.
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