Myah B.

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What is the purpose of the salt bridge in a galvanic cell?

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Jesse E. answered • 01/01/20

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The purpose of the salt bridge is to maintain charge balance because the electrons are moving from one-half cell to the other. 

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Jesse E.

Here is a good resource on this topic. https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/5477/why-is-it-important-to-use-a-salt-bridge-in-a-voltaic-cell-can-a-wire-be-used/5483
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