Doubt by Protap ch sen

sir plzz xplain why we connect salt bridge

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Answer by nitesh chaudhary

The purpose of a salt bridge is not to move electrons from the electrolyte, rather it's to maintain charge balance because the electrons are moving from one-half cell to the other.

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The electrons flow from the anode to the cathode. The oxidation reaction that occurs at the anode generates electrons and positively charged ions. The electrons move through the wire (and your device, which I haven't included in the diagram), leaving the unbalanced positive charge in this vessel. In order to maintain neutrality, the negatively charged ions in the salt bridge will migrate into the anodic half cell. A similar (but reversed) situation is found in the cathodic cell, where Cu2+CuX2+ ions are being consumed, and therefore electroneutrality is maintained by the migration of K+KX+ ions from the salt bridge into this half cell.