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Jordanwb
ANSWERS: 5
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From the anode to the cathode.
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I'm confident the earlier answer is not correct. Anode is positive, and cathode is negative. Electrictiy flows from cathode/negative to anode/positive.
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Actually electricity is neg and pos and most of the time it flows both ways. check the article http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/amateur/elecdir.html
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Electrons flow from the negative to the positive. The best way to convince anyone of that is to put on your welding mask with 2 carbon electrodes on a DC welder. The arc between the 2 rods will clearly show what looks like a torch coming from the negative rod and it will surround the positive rod. The positive rod will get much hotter from the massive electrons hitting it. Try it.
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Electric current is defined as the flow of positive charge. In a circuit current flows from the positive anode to the negative cathode. What's confusing is that usually (but not always) electric current is actually carried by electrons in metals & electrons are negatively charged. So the flow of current is OPPOSITE to the actual flow of electrons. Sometimes electrical current is carried by positive ions, in which case the flow of current and the flow of the charge carriers are both in the same direction.
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