An ion is considered to be an atom which will be giving or indicate an electric charge of whether it will be positive or negative. The ions will only be formed when the atom that it obtains will bring out either a gain or lose in its electrons. The electively charge ions are classified into two which are called the cation and anion. The cation is classified as the positive charge, while the anion is classified as the negative charge ion. They are the ones responsible for providing electric charge on the ion.