Question

N an electrochemical cell, electrons travel in which direction?

a. from the cathode to the anode through the porous cup

b. from the anode to the cathode through the porous cup from the anode to the cathode through the porous cup

c. from the cathode to the anode through the external circuit

d. from the anode to the cathode through the external circuit

Answer 1

The direction of electron flow in electrolytic cells, however, may be reversed from the direction of spontaneous electron flow in galvanic cells, but the definition of both cathode and anode remain the same, where reduction takes place at the cathode and oxidation occurs at the anode.