Potential Diff of Electrodes
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Emily Huang 1E
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Potential Diff of Electrodes
Why is it that when potential diff of electrodes is positive, the electron flow is form left to right?
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Patrick Cai 1L
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Re: Potential Diff of Electrodes
This is just the given convention, because of how we define cell diagrams with anodes on the left and cathodes on the right. Further discussion would result in a physical, rather than chemical, explanation of current and electron flow.
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