What is a Zinc Electrode?

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What is a Zinc Electrode?

Answer 1

It's an electrode made out of zinc.  Consult your nearest periodic table for information about the properties of the element zinc.

Answer 2

zinc metal basically :)

Answer 3

An electrical conductor through which an electric current enters or leaves a conducting medium in a  electrolytic solution, . For electrolytic solutions, many solids, and molten masses, an electrode is an electric conductor at the surface of which a change occurs from conduction by electrons to conduction by ions.

Answer 4

Electric conductor, usually metal, used as one of two terminals to conduct electric current through a conducting medium. A simple voltaic cell, or battery, consists of two electrodes, usually one zinc and one copper, immersed in an electrolytic solution (see electrolyte). When a chemical reaction occurs in the solution, electrons gather on the zinc electrode, or cathode, which becomes negatively charged. At the same time, electrons are drawn from the copper electrode, the anode, giving it a positive charge. The difference in charge sets up a potential difference, or voltage, between the two electrodes. When they are connected by a conducting wire, electrons flow from the cathode to the anode, producing a current.