What is the electroplating?How are steel spoons plated with silver?
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What is the electroplating?How are steel spoons plated with silver?
The electrical process of coating an inexpensive conductor with metal is called electroplating. Electroplating is done for protection or decoration .
For electroplating a steel spoon with silver, a solution of silver salt is taken as the electrolyte.The spoon and a silver bar are dipped into the electrolyte and connected to the negative and positive terminals of a battery respectively .The positively charged silver ions to move to negative electrode(spoon)and from a deposit of silver on it .
In silver plating, the object to be plated (e.g., a spoon) is made from the cathode of an electrolytic cell. The anode is a bar of silver metal, and the electrolyte (the liquid in between the electrodes) is a solution of silver cyanide, AgCN, in water. ... This produces a shinier and more adherent silver plating.
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