
Is it a hydrogen cation or a proton?
My friend and I have a question. The fact is that in our department of inorganic chemistry, the professor of the department (at the same time the head of the department) said that it is correct to call the hydrogen cation a cation. Meanwhile, in the Department of Organic Chemistry, the hydrogen cation is called a "proton". And that's how they always make you talk at the Department of Organic Chemistry. Please tell me what is the correct name for a hydrogen cation in chemistry in general? A cation or a proton?