salt bridge

[Margaret Akey]

What is the purpose of the salt bridge?

[Sophia_Kiessling_2L]

The salt bridge allows ions to flow so that the electrical circuit is completed but it's a salt so the cell reaction isn't affected.

[Mona Lee 4L]

The salt bridge facilitates electron flow between the two electrodes. Essentially, as the reaction progresses, electrons will move from the anode to the cathode. Without a salt bridge, all the electrons would be transferred to the cathode, stopping the reaction. With the salt bridge, electrons can flow back to the anode, allowing the reaction to continue.

[sallina_yehdego 2E]

Ultimately, a salt bridge is what helps maintain a battery and allows it to work. When adding a salt bridge, it the elements K+ favors the cathode and CL- favors the anion, and helps the stabilize the flow of electrons between the two.

[MadisonB]

it connects the oxidation and reduction half-cells of a galvanic cell

[Chris Freking 2G]

Why is it favorable for the ions to flow through the salt bridge to the anode from the cathode? Is it because the electron flow from the anode to the cathode makes the cathode negatively charged the cathode negatively charged and the anode positively charged, thus making the salt bridge ion flow favorable as a way to balance the charges?