Cell Diagrams

[Victoria Lee 2C]

Is there a specific order we have to follow when drawing cell diagrams other than anodes on the left and cathodes on the right side?

[Allison Maryoung 1D]

Another order is to have solids on the outsides of the diagrams while having gases and liquids on the inside of the diagrams. Don't forget to use a comma when there are molecules of the same phase.

[Annie Qing 2F]

Other than that convention,
1. Put the inert electrodes on the far left and/or far right. (e.g. Pt(s))
2. Generally, the molecules are put in order of reactants to products on either side of the salt bridge, but I don't think this is a strict rule.

*If there's more than one reactant/product, it doesn't matter in what order you put them in.

[E-Ming Huang 1L]

In the cell diagram, for the cathode, the product with the more electrons should be written last. For instance, Ag+ l Ag. The vice versa applies for the anode. Therefore, you always need to compare the products and reactants of the half-reactions to make sure you get the order of products and reactants right in the cell diagram.