Potential of a Grounded Conductor

Shooting Star

(Sorry for the delayed response.)

Quote by pzlded

When the + terminal of a battery is grounded, that terminal has zero volts (by definition). Afterwards, the -terminal then has -V volts.

You are correct. The redox reactions happening inside the electrochemical cell, supplying the energy and driving the electrons around, stops almost instantaneously when any of the terminals is earthed.

In this situation, the negative terminal will have a potential of (–V), if V was the emf of the open cell.

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