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Cathode negative or positive
Cathode negative or positive









cathode negative or positive

  • In a diode, it is the negative terminal at the pointed end of the arrow symbol, where current flows out of the device.
  • cathode negative or positive

    In a recharging battery, or an electrolytic cell, the cathode is the negative terminal, which sends current back to the external generator.It is continued externally by electrons moving inwards, negative charge moving one way amounting to positive current flowing the other way. This outwards current is carried internally by positive ions moving from the electrolyte to the positive cathode (chemical energy is responsible for this "uphill" motion). In a discharging battery or galvanic cell (drawing) the cathode is the positive terminal, where conventional current flows out.

    cathode negative or positive

    To dispel a common misconception, often incorrectly inferred from the correct fact that in all electrochemical devices positively charged cations move towards the cathode and/or negatively charged anions move away from it, cathode polarity is not always negative but depends on the device type, and sometimes even in which mode it operates, as determined by the above current direction based universal definition. Diagram of a copper cathode in a galvanic cell.Ī cathode is an electrode through which (positive) electric current flows out of a polarized electrical device.











    Cathode negative or positive