The anode is the electrode where electricity moves into. The cathode is the electrode where electricity is given out or flows out of. The anode is usually the positive side. A cathode is a negative side.

If they are only given some energy, but not enough to knock them loose, they will move from one orbital to another (say from the S-orbital to the P-orbital). But if there is no other electron in the lower-energy orbital, they will fall back down again.

In electrochemistry, the anode is where oxidation occurs and is the positive polarity contact in an electrolytic cell. At the anode, anions (negative ions) are forced by the electrical potential to react chemically and give off electrons (oxidation) which then flow up and into the driving circuit.

Electrons have negative charge, they travel towards oposite (positive) charge because they are electrically attracted to it. Since cathode is negatively charged and anode is positively charged, electrons travel from cathode to anode.

Current flows from cathode to anode (for ALL types of cells). Current and electrons flow in opposite directions. Current is best described as the flow of “positive charge.” So the flow of electrons is from anode to cathode, and current (is opposite of electron flow) flows from cathode to anode.

When an electrode is oxidized in a solution, it is called an anode and when an electrode is reduced in solution. it is called a cathode. Anode: The anode is where the oxidation reaction takes place. In other words, this is where the metal loses electrons.

The anode is a reducing agent because its behaviour will reduce ions at the cathode. Mass decreases as the reacting anode material becomes aqueous. These ions are the oxidizing agent because by taking electrons, they cause the anode to be oxidized. Mass increases as aqueous ions turn to solid at the cathode.

Reduction happens at the negative cathode because this is where positive ions gain electrons. Oxidation happens at the positive anode because this is where negative ions lose electrons.

Zinc behaves as the anode (supplying electrons) of the galvanic cell and the copper as the cathode (consuming electrons).

As such, they shield the ship’s body and systems while the ship stays protected, giving rise to the name ‘Sacrificial Anodes’. Zinc is used because it has a higher voltage in the water so the current is more inclined to flow from it than from the propeller.

Zinc more readily loses electrons than copper, so placing zinc and copper metal in solutions of their salts can cause electrons to flow through an external wire which leads from the zinc to the copper.

Zinc metal is above copper in the activity series and therefore, zinc will replace copper in solution. The zinc metal is being oxidized as it loses electrons, and the copper(II) ions are reduced to copper metal as they acquire electrons.