Question

What are the advantages of electroplating? Give two or three reasons.

Answer 1

1.Electroplating protects a metal surface from corrosion.
2.Electroplating increases the longevity of the metal.
3.Electroplating alters the chemical properties of a material and give it some advantages.

Answer 2

Electroplating is a process that uses an electric current to reduce dissolved metal cations so that they form a thin coherent metal coating on an electrode. The term is also used for electrical oxidation of anions on to a solid substrate, as in the formation of silver chloride on silver wire to make silver/silver-chloride electrodes. Electroplating is primarily used to change the surface properties of an object (such as abrasion and wear resistance, corrosionprotection, lubricity, aesthetic qualities), but may also be used to build up thickness on undersized parts or to form objects by electroforming.