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The words are all arbitrary - - - BUT electrons have a "negative" charge and are attracted to a positive voltage. (Opposites attract.)
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In electrolysis electrons move between two metal strips called?
Electrodes, the positive side is called the Cathode and the Negative side is called the Anode.The anode and cathode. The anode is positively charged and the cathode is negative.
Name of one electrode and say is positive or negative?
The Cathode is the negative electrode; the anode is the positive electrode
In a cathode ray tube where do the particles originate and what do they move toward?
The particles originate from the Cathode in the neck of the tube. They are liberated by a heater. The electrons thus liberated are attracted by the Anode, by applying a high voltage to it. In a CRT there are several anodes, the largest and biggest is formed by a coating inside the tube towards the screen. This attracts and accelerates the electrons in a stream of particles known as a 'cathode ray'. They carry on in a straight line, once accelerated, until they hit the screen and cause a phosphor coating to glow, on the inside surface of the screen. The cathode ray can be bent from it's course, by using electromagnets arranged around the neck of the tube.
The em value of cathode rays is always constant but the em value of positive rays is not constant why?
Anode rays differ from cathode rays in several aspects and their specific charge(charge/mass or e/m ratio) is an important feature. The reason lies in how anode rays are produced. Anode rays are produced when a gas at low pressure is subjected to a high voltage(10,000 Volts). Under these conditions, the atoms of the gas get ionized, i.e. they lose some electrons and thus become cations(positive ions). It is a stream of these positive ions that become 'anode rays'. However, the atomic masses of different gases are different and hence, the mass of anode ray particles varies when you use different gases in the discharge tube and hence, the charge/mass ratio also varies. Whereas, in the case of cathode rays, the cathode ray particles are nothing but electrons. Their charge and mass is constant no matter what gas you use in the discharge tube. So, their charge/mass ratio remains constant. (ANSWER BY RIZWAN FROM PAKISTAN)
What did eugen goldstein contribute in the history of atom?
He is sometimes called the discoverer of protons. He did experiments with cathode ray tubes, which knock electrons off atoms and attract them to a positively-charged electrode (the cathode). He noticed that a second stream of particles was attracted to the negatively-charged electrode (the anode), so he called them anode rays. However, it was left to one of his students to discover that these rays were sometimes pure protons. His experiments gave him a picture of atomic structure that was decades ahead of its time, and similar to what we know today. However, he did not follow up on his work, and was largely ignored by his peers.
Why flow of current from cathode to anode still the flow of electrons is from cathode to anode?
The direction of current, according to convention, is the direction opposite the direction of electron flow. Remember that the anode is where oxidation occurs, so electrons are lost by the anode. These electrons then move from the anode, to the cathode by a wire that usually connects the two compartments. To reiterate, the electrons flow from the anode (site of oxidation) to the cathode (site of reduction). Because electrons flow from anode to cathode, by convention the direction of current is from cathode to anode (the direction opposite the flow of electrons). Hope this helps!
In electrolysis electrons move between two metal strips called?
Electrodes, the positive side is called the Cathode and the Negative side is called the Anode.The anode and cathode. The anode is positively charged and the cathode is negative.
What is cathode and anode?
cathode is electron negative but anode is positiveAnswerFor electrochemical cells, electrons travel through the external circuit from the anode to the cathode.
What are the uses of Cathode Rays and Anode Rays?
cathode rays can emit electrons anode can collect them
The relationship between a cathode and an anode involves what?
The relationship between a cathode and an anode involves
How a battery cause electron in move in a circuit?
It is an oxidation/reduction reaction. Electrons flow from anode to cathode.
Where did the electrons from cathode ray come from?
In a cathode ray tube (CRT), the particles, which are electrons, originate at the heated cathode, becoming the so-called cathode rays. The electrons stream off the cathode and rush over to the anode.
What is always true during the operation of a voltaic cell?
The correct answer is Electrons flow away from the anode and also Oxidation occurs at the anode.
How is the metal used in an anode different from the metal used in a cathode?
Anode is positive and cathode is negative. Cathode is the longest led frame. Anode is where the oxidation reaction takes place while cathode is where the reduction reaction takes place or in a galvanic corrosion the anode is the metal that corrodes while the cathode is protected.
What is needed to push the electrons from the cathode to anode?
Actually the electrons are pulled not pushed. The anode attracts them with its positive charge.
Will electrons flow from anode to cathod?
"from anode to cathode". Normally, no. Taking a radio valve (electron tube), since the anode is positive compared to the cathode, and since electrons flow from surplus (at the negative cathode) to deficiency (at the positive anode), they do *not* flow from anode to cathode in normal operation. It's possible to have electrons striking the anode and *knocking off* electrons from it, and then to have those electrons travelling back towards the cathode. This is secondary emission. It was a problem in four-element "tetrode" valves in the early days, but has now been eliminated in practical designs. Long story short: it's possible, but undesirable and not common.
What happens when smaller area is provided to cathode than anode?
When the area provided to the cathode is smaller than the anode the electrons will still flow.
