Question

what are cell reactions​

Answer 1

ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴇʟʟ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. ... ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴇʟʟ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴀʟʟ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴛᴀᴋᴇs ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴇʟʟ, ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀssᴜᴍᴘᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴀɴᴅ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏᴅᴇ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴛʜᴏᴅᴇ, ɪ.ᴇ. ᴀssᴜᴍɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴘᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴇᴏᴜs ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʀᴇᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴏᴄᴄᴜʀʀɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ-ʜᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀʀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ.❣️

Answer 2

The cell reaction is the overall reaction which takes place in the cell, written on the assumption that the right hand electrode is the cathode, i.e. assuming that the spontaneous reaction is the one in which reduction is occurring in the right-hand compartment.