Which type of xharge flows from positive to negative end of a battery?
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Electrons are negatively charged, and so are attracted to the positive end of a battery and repelled by the negative end. So when the battery is hooked up to something that lets the electrons flow through it, they flow from negative to positive.
You might wonder why the electrons don't just flow back through the battery, until the charge changes enough to make the voltage zero. The reason is that an electron can't move from one side to the other inside the battery without a chemical reaction occurring. In other words, inside the battery plain electrons can't travel around because it takes too much energy to put a plain electron in solution. Electrons can only travel inside the battery via charged chemicals, ions, which can dissolve off the electrodes. The chemical reaction is what pushes the electrons inside toward the negative end, because the electrodes at the two ends are made of different materials, which have different chemical stabilities. So overall, electrons flow AROUND the circuit, toward the negative end inside the battery, pushed by the chemical reaction, and toward the positive end in the outside circuit, pushed by the electrical voltage.
You might wonder why the electrons don't just flow back through the battery, until the charge changes enough to make the voltage zero. The reason is that an electron can't move from one side to the other inside the battery without a chemical reaction occurring. In other words, inside the battery plain electrons can't travel around because it takes too much energy to put a plain electron in solution. Electrons can only travel inside the battery via charged chemicals, ions, which can dissolve off the electrodes. The chemical reaction is what pushes the electrons inside toward the negative end, because the electrodes at the two ends are made of different materials, which have different chemical stabilities. So overall, electrons flow AROUND the circuit, toward the negative end inside the battery, pushed by the chemical reaction, and toward the positive end in the outside circuit, pushed by the electrical voltage.
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