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Oxycation
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>, an oxycation is an <a href="/facts/Ion/wrbwhF3z">ion</a> with the generic formula A<i>x</i>O<i>z</i>+<i>y</i> (where A represents a <a href="/facts/Chemical_element/0jducgWD">chemical element</a> and O represents an <a href="/facts/Oxygen/acyn6o8r">oxygen</a> atom). They usually end with the suffix "-ium" or "-yl". However, the <a href="/facts/International_Union_of_Pure_and_Applied_Chemistry/2AV6myCK">International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry</a> standard book on <a href="/facts/IUPAC_nomenclature_of_inorganic_chemistry/nzfwwsdG">nomenclature of inorganic chemistry</a> does not mention "oxycation". </p>