During electrical protection, the active metal used will be present in which of the following form:
Anode
Cathode
A salt of active metal as electrolyte
None of the these
The active metal acts as anode and the Iron is made cathode.
In general, electrolytic refining is a process of purification of impure metal during which an electric current is passed through an electrolytic cell which contains impure metal as anode, a suitable electrolyte and pure metal as cathode.