Anode to what occurs in an electrolytic cell, no anions flow to the anode, the internal current being entirely accounted for by the cations flowing away from it (cf drawing). In the United States, many battery manufacturers regard the positive electrode as the anode, particularly in their technical literature. Though technically incorrect, it does resolve the problem of which electrode is the anode in a secondary (or rechargeable) cell. Using the traditional definition, the anode switches ends between charge and discharge cycles. In electronic vacuum devices such as a cathode ray tube, the anode is the positively charged electron collector. In
Aluminum electrolytic capacitor as "Z". In this sense the impedance is a measure of the capacitor's ability to pass alternating currents. Impedance can be calculated using the idealized components of a capacitor's series-equivalent circuit, including an ideal capacitor formula_4, a resistor formula_5, and an inductance formula_6. In this case the impedance at the angular frequency formula_7 is therefore given by the geometric (complex) addition of ESR, by a capacitive reactance (Capacitance) and by an inductive reactance (Inductance) Then formula_10 is given by Aluminum electrolytic capacitor Aluminum electrolytic capacitors are polarized electrolytic capacitors whose anode electrode (+) is made of a pure aluminum foil