How does a porous pot work in an electrochemical cell?

Well, since this is the homework help thread...

 

Consider what would happen to the cell if there were free mixing of the electrolytes (i.e. you just dumped everything into one beaker).

 

Consider what would happen if there was no connection between the two cells (i.e. you had the anode and its electrolyte in one beaker, and the cathode and its electrolyte in another beaker).

 

Consider what porous means (i.e. when something is porous, it is *blank*)

 

Hopefully those point you in the right direction.

I understand that porous means it is full of holes but how does that seperate the solutions?

as it is homework so heres a hint

size of different molecules are different. hence only particular size particles can pass through a kind of holes.

and they can only pass through those holes...slowly (think balloon with tiny pin hole).

try and think of it as a filter.

size of molecules is a clue...I know you can get to the answer if you think !!!! GOod luck