galvanic

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  • salt bridge?
    provides ions to each cell to maintain neutrality; completes circuit.
  • A cell with cathode: Mg anode: Cu -> whats the purpose of the salt bridge with reference to the cell and explain ion movement
    Anode: Positive Mg2+ formed (ox)
    Cathode: Cu2+ destroyed (red)
    Negative ions move through salt bridge to return charge to zero at the anode half-cell where Mg2+ are being formed.
    Positive ions move through salt bridge to return charge to zero at the cathode half cell where Cu2+ are being destroyed and the solution would have been left with a negative charge
  • whats a galvanic cell?
    electrochemical cell converts chemical energy of spontaneous redox reaction into electrical energy