Question

What are electrodes?​

Answer 1

An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air). The word was coined by William Whewell at the request of the scientist Michael Faraday from two Greek words: elektron, meaning amber (from which the word electricity is derived), and hodos, a way.

Answer 2

An electrode is an electrical contractor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit. The word was coined by William Whewell at the request of the scientist Michael Faraday from two Greek words : ektron , meaning amber , and hodos , way.

Types and Examples of Electrodes:

Some commonly used inert electrodes include platinum, gold, graphite(carbon) and rhodium. Some reactive electrodes include zinc, copper, lead and silver.