On Jun 8, 2007, at 3:13 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: (EB wrote:)
For historical reasons, electric current is defined to flow in the opposite direction to the flow of electrons. Thus, current is said to flow from the cathode to the anode, even though electrons flow in the opposite direction.
EB got it backwards, or at least incomplete or misleading. The conventional current flows from the anode to the cathode in the electrolyte.
They might have said: "For historical reasons, electric current is defined to flow in the direction positive charge carriers move or would move to carry the current in a circuit. Thus, current is said to flow from the anode to the cathode through the electrolytic cell, and from the cathode to the anode in the circuit external to the electrolytic cell."
Regards, Horace Heffner
