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I'm building a power supply for electro-chemistry experiments. It would make more sense to have the output correctly denote which terminal is 'electro-negative' and which is 'electro-positive' instead of those colours specified for DC conventional current.

Is there a colour code specification to denote - and + in electron flow notation?

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What you ask for exists in the standard red/black convention. There's no need to introduce a separate color code. The colors don't care about whether your calculations use technical or electron flow direction.

And the colors are very clear: black is the more electronegative pole. (no need to put that in quotation marks; it's fixed, established term.)

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  • \$\begingroup\$ What your saying is from the perspective of somebody operating or designing an electrical circuit. When I'm actually trying to make a compound more electronegative, it makes less sense. From a physics and chemistry perspective this does become confusing. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jun 16, 2023 at 11:47
  • \$\begingroup\$ You keep claiming that, but it's really not confusing. The black "-" pole has always been the one where there's electrons coming from, and the red "+" pole always the one accepting electrons. That's why they're labeled "-" and "+", actually, the "-" is more negative. And it's black. I don't see why anyone would thing "red" would emit electrons? That's never been the case. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jun 16, 2023 at 12:04
  • \$\begingroup\$ We have textbooks with versions in electron flow and conventional current. The only thing that changes is the current direction. It's not the direction that is important, but what the current does. Red/Black or +/- allows consistency. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jun 16, 2023 at 12:04
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    \$\begingroup\$ @nobody_loves_you Yes, the negative pole supplies electrons, which makes perfect sense because electrons are negative. I'm still failing to see the confusion? \$\endgroup\$
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    \$\begingroup\$ yeah, electrons are carriers of negative charge. If you want to change that, you're going to confuse a lot of physicists. And, as said, you keep repeating that electro-chemists think differently about things, but that's really not the case. It really seems like you're the only one confused! Tell you what, the red / black notation actually dates back to the days where DC was exclusively the domain of electrochemists. The confusion is all yours. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jun 16, 2023 at 14:25
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I don’t think that there is a standard colour for electron flow direction or current direction.

instead of those colours specified for DC conventional current.

These colours do not indicate anything about current, conventional or otherwise.

The red-is-positive, black-is-negative refers to the voltage of the red wire/terminal is more positive than the voltage of black wire/terminal.

This is universal and should not be messed with. It applies to power supplies and multimeters.

Power supplies generally allow electrons to flow in one direction. They leave the black terminal and enter the red terminal.

However, if the power supply is a rechargeable cell, then electrons can flow both directions depending upon the external circuit. The voltage polarity of the terminals does not change.

In circuits with reactive components and/or more than one source, the adage,”electrons flow from negative to positive” isn’t always true.

So in this sense attempting to colour code flow is impossible.

The colours of the power supply terminals indicate the voltage polarity with respect to each other, nothing more.

A time honoured, worldwide standard.


Addition:

One solution might be to reverse the positions of the terminals, in a manner that accentuates the electro-chemical usage.

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