What will happen if CuSO4 is taken as electrolyte.Zn & Cu are two electrodes.??
If you place the Zn electrode directly into the CuSO4 solution, then what you wrote is correct. But, in the electrochemical cell, you place the Cu electrode in the CuSO4, and the Zn electrode into water. The Zn electrode doesn’t react with the water, and the Cu electrode doesn’t react with the CuSO4. There must be a permeable separator between the 2 solutions so that they do not mix. Then, the electrons flow out of the Zn electrode into whatever you have connected, like a light bulb. Since the electrons are flowing out of the electrode, it’s negatively charged. When the electrons leave the zinc metal electrode, the atoms are left with a positive charge, and they dissolve into the water as Zn+2 ions. On the other side, the electrons flow into the Cu electrode, and down to the Cu+2 ions. Since the electrons are flowing into the Cu electrode, it is the positive electrode. The Cu+2 ions accept the electrons, and are reduced to Cu metal. With all the electrons leaving the Zn side, and movin
