Glossary
Negative (-) Plate
The plate on which oxidation occurs when the battery is discharged as soon as plus and minus are connected to a load.
The electrons produced during oxidation are taken up by the grid of the negative plate, transferred to the negative pole via the pole bridge and then to the current consumer.
This process is reversed when charging the battery.
In lead-acid batteries, box or grid plates are usually used for this purpose, in whose meshes the lead is deposited.
In a rechargeable battery, the negative (-) plate is called the cathode (strictly speaking, the designations anode and cathode depend on the chemical processes and thus the direction of current flow during charging and discharging, but this could lead to misunderstandings, so the designation is determined by the way the current flows during discharging).