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Also known as electroplate

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  • History
  • Process
  • Strike
  • Pulse electroplating
  • Brush electroplating
  • Barrel plating
  • Cleanliness
  • Test cells and characterization
  • Throwing power
  • Haring–Blum cell
  • Hull cell
  • Effects
  • Specific metals
  • Alternatives
  • See also
  • References
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Electroplating, also known as electrochemical deposition or electrodeposition, is a process for producing a metal coating on a solid substrate through the reduction of cations of that metal by means of a direct electric current. The part that needs to be coated acts as the cathode (negative electrode) of an electrolytic cell; the electrolyte is a solution of a salt whose cation is the metal to be coated, and the anode (positive electrode) is usually either a block of that metal, or of some inert conductive material. The current is provided by an external power supply.

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