Anode and Cathode

[David Sarkissian 1K]

How can you figure out which side of the cell diagram will be the cathode and which will be the anode? Is it only based on the whether the Ecell is negative or positive along, or are there other factors?

[Lily Benitez 2G]

The anode is the oxidation and the cathode is the reduction in the reaction.

[Tameen Ahmed 4C]

If it gets oxidized then it is an anode and if it gets reduced then it is a cathode. I like to think "an ox" and "red cat" when working with half reactions and find it easier to draw my cell diagrams with anode to the left and cathode to the right since it's presented like that in the shorthand notation.

[davidryan3f]

In a cell diagram, the cathode was always on the right side of the double bar divider thing.

[Ashley P 4I]

I thought if the E knot was negative then the cathode would be on the right?

[Nghi Nguyen 2L]

cathode is always on the right side of ll and anode always on the left side

[isarose0]

Another way to distinguish cathode and anode is to make sure the Ecell comes out to a positive number when you subtract them

[Lydia Luong 4L]

Cathode is always on the right side of a cell diagram and anode is always on the left side.

[I am Sodium Funny]

They will always be

E (Cathode) > E (Anode)

[nicole-2B]

Cathode is always on the right side of a cell diagram and anode is always on the left side.

Thank you!!

[CNourian2H]

how do the terms anode and cathode relate to oxidation and reduction. He used the latter pair of terms to define anode and cathode, but can someone explain this further?

[Astrid Lunde 1I]

how do the terms anode and cathode relate to oxidation and reduction. He used the latter pair of terms to define anode and cathode, but can someone explain this further?

Cathode is the reduction reaction and the anode is the oxidation reaction.

[Subashni Rajiv 1K]

To remember what's being oxidized and what's being reduced, it's helpful to think of the mnemonic LEO says GER. (Lose Electrons Oxidation. Gain Electrons Reduction.)

[Tiffany_Chen 2K]

Anode: site of oxidation, cathode: site of reduction.

[Andrew Liang 1I]

The TA in my discussion said that cathodes are usually on the right and anodes are usually on the left of the salt bridge in a diagram