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In electrochemistry, the cathode is the electrode where reduction occurs, which can be either negative in electrolytic cells or positive in galvanic cells. The cathodic current refers to the flow of electrons from the cathode to a species in solution, while the anodic current is the flow into the anode. In electroplating, metal ions are reduced at the cathode, forming a pure metal surface on the electrode.

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In electrochemistry, the cathode is the electrode where reduction occurs, which can be either negative in electrolytic cells or positive in galvanic cells. The cathodic current refers to the flow of electrons from the cathode to a species in solution, while the anodic current is the flow into the anode. In electroplating, metal ions are reduced at the cathode, forming a pure metal surface on the electrode.

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In chemistry, a cathode is the electrode of an electrochemical cell at

which reduction occurs. The cathode can be negative like when the cell is electrolytic
(where electrical energy provided to the cell is being used for decomposing chemical
compounds); or positive as when the cell is galvanic (where chemical reactions are
used for generating electrical energy). The cathode supplies electrons to the positively
charged cations which flow to it from the electrolyte (even if the cell is galvanic, i.e.,
when the cathode is positive and therefore would be expected to repel the positively
charged cations; this is due to electrode potential relative to the electrolyte solution
being different for the anode and cathode metal/electrolyte systems in a galvanic cell).

The cathodic current, in electrochemistry, is the flow of electrons from the cathode
interface to a species in solution. The anodic current is the flow of electrons into the
anode from a species in solution.

Electrolytic cell
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In an electrolytic cell, the cathode is where the negative polarity is applied to drive the
cell. Common results of reduction at the cathode are hydrogen gas or pure metal from
metal ions. When discussing the relative reducing power of two redox agents, the
couple for generating the more reducing species is said to be more "cathodic" with
respect to the more easily reduced reagent.

Galvanic cell
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In a galvanic cell, the cathode is where the positive pole is connected to allow the circuit
to be completed: as the anode of the galvanic cell gives off electrons, they return from
the circuit into the cell through the cathode.

Electroplating metal cathode (electrolysis)


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When metal ions are reduced from ionic solution, they form a pure metal surface on the
cathode. Items to be plated with pure metal are attached to and become part of the
cathode in the electrolytic solution.

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