Re: [Phys-l] anode and cathode

[Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>]

On Dec 3, 2006, at 3:58 PM, John Denker wrote:

> > > Consider a 12 V car battery; it’s two electrodes are always labeled 
> > > as + and -. On that basis a
> > > physicist would say that these two electrodes are anodes and 
> > > cathodes, respectively.
>
> That's not the rule.
>
> That's wrong roughly half the time.

OK, up to about two weeks ago we belonged to different halves. I was 
afraid that I was in a small minority.

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