I understand that the main purpose of an electrolytic cell is to make a nonspontaneous reaction occur using electricty, and usually the battery provides that electricity. I know that you connect the positive terminal of the battery to the anode and the negative terminal of the battery to the cathode.
So is the battery basically sucking the electrons from the anode, and delivering those exact same electrons to the cathode? Or does the battery actually provide the electrons to the cathode? If the battery is just transferring the electrons how does it do that?
I also have some questions about salt bridge and assigning signs to the anode and the cathode that I described here under the main post:
http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=32635.0Thank you!!