Which one statement (A) – (E) concerning Galvanic and Electrolytic cells is NOT correct?  A) In the Galvanic cell, cations drift to the anode; in the electrolytic cell, cations drift to the cathode. B) Reduction occurs at the cathode in both the Galvanic and the electrolytic cell C) In the Galvanic cell, the cathode has (+) polarity; in the electrolytic cell, the cathode has (-) polarity. D) Electrons flow through the wire from the anode to the cathode in both the Galvanic and the electrolytic cell. E) The cell reaction in the Galvanic cell is spontaneous; that in the electrolytic cell is non-spontaneous. F) More than one of statements (a) – (d) is incorrect

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Which one statement (A) – (E) concerning Galvanic and Electrolytic cells is NOT
correct? 
A) In the Galvanic cell, cations drift to the anode; in the electrolytic cell, cations drift to
the cathode.
B) Reduction occurs at the cathode in both the Galvanic and the electrolytic cell
C) In the Galvanic cell, the cathode has (+) polarity; in the electrolytic cell, the cathode
has (-) polarity.
D) Electrons flow through the wire from the anode to the cathode in both the Galvanic
and the electrolytic cell.
E) The cell reaction in the Galvanic cell is spontaneous; that in the electrolytic cell is
non-spontaneous.
F) More than one of statements (a) – (d) is incorrect

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