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Q: Why cathode is positive in electrochemical cell but different in electrolytic cell?
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What happens in the cathode in an electrolytic cell?

Reduction occurs at the cathode in an electrolytic cell.


Name of one electrode and say is positive or negative?

The Cathode is the negative electrode; the anode is the positive electrode


What is true of both galvanic and electrolytic cells?

*electrolytic cells Oxidation occurs at the cathode


Where does reactions occur in a electrolytic cell?

In an electrolytic cell


In the electrolytic cell electron flows from?

Electron flow is from anode (+) to cathode (-)


Where does reduction occur in an electrolytic?

Cathode


What is a positive or negative pole of an electrochemical cell?

They are called the electrodes or terminals. The parts of a cell where current leaves and enters the cell. The cathode is the positive, the anode is the negative.


Where does reduction occur in an electrolytic cell?

The electrode where reduction occurs


Where does reduction happen in an electrolytic cell?

cathode


Where does reduction occur in an electrochemical cell?

The cathode.


What is Function of electrochemical cells in oxidation?

in the cathode


What gets heavier in an electrochemical cell?

The cathode