How can hydrogen have a cation if its literally just a proton?

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After losing its electron is there still something identifying it as hydrogen? Are all lone protons just hydrogen cations?

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A hydrogen cation is often called called a proton, because unless it is deuterium or tritium it *is* a lone proton.

There really aren’t a whole lot of lone protons floating about, except in solution.

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