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Electroplating. By Ryan Hale. Electroplating. Electroplating- is a plating process that uses electrical current to reduce cations of a desired material from a solution and coat a conductive object with a thin layer of the material, such as a metal. . Uses of Electroplating.
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Electroplating By Ryan Hale
Electroplating • Electroplating- is a plating process that uses electrical current to reduce cations of a desired material from a solution and coat a conductiveobject with a thin layer of the material, such as a metal.
Uses of Electroplating • Brush electroplating • Strike electroplating • Electrolyses deposition
Applications or Products of electroplating • Crankshafts • Camshafts • Steel Bolts and nuts
How is Electroplating related to what we have learned? • Process involves cations, anions, and ions • Chemical equations • oxidation
Review questions • What is electroplating in your own words? • What is a general use of electroplating?
Sources • http://www.substech.com/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=electroplating.png • http://www.metalfinishing.com/editors_choice/articles/images/041129_JosephFig1LoRes.jpg • http://www.engineersedge.com/finishing/electroplating.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating • Chemistry text book