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Simantika Majum…
Class-VIII Science
Jan 11, 2015

Describe an experiment to show the

process of electroplating. Also explain
in detail why we find a coating of
copper on the carbon rod.

Describe an experiment to show the process

of electroplating. Also explain in detail why
we find a coating of copper on the carbon
rod.

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 Bharat Moon

Take a copper sulphate solution in a beaker .

Connect an iron nail that to be electroplated
to the negative terminal of a battery .
Connect a copper strip to the positive
terminal of the battery . Dip the copper strip
and object to b electroplated in the beaker
containing copper sulphate solution .Leave
the set up for half an hour . U will c a deposit
of reddish broun coating on the object .
When electricity is passed through the
solution , copper ions move towards the
cathode and get reduced to copper metal .
This metal gets electroplated on the object .
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 Amarnathreddy M

Electroplating The most common application of electrolysis is

electroplating. Electroplating  is  a process of coating one metal
with another using an electric current. In this process, there
exists an electrolyte, through which current passes. Two
electrodes are inserted in the electrolyte and are connected to
the terminals of a battery with a switch in between. The metal to
be used for coating is chosen as the anode and the object to be
electroplated is chosen as the cathode. The electrolyte is a salt of
the anode metal which gets dissociated into its respective ions.
The positive ions are called cations, and the negative ions are
called anions. The current in the solution is due to the flow of
these ions. The anions move towards the anode, and the cations
move towards the cathode. The cations are converted into atoms
at the cathode and form a layer on it, which we call
electroplating. To compensate for the loss of ions in the solution,
the atoms of the anode dissociate into the solution, forming the
ions. When electric current passes through the circuit for 20-25
minutes, the metal from the anode gets deposited on the
cathode.  Electroplating is done in industries to have an anti-
reactive coating on the parts of machines so that they do not
react with the raw material, to have an anti-corrosive coating for
the machines so that they do not get corroded, and to have a
heat-resistive coating for parts like boilers to resist the heat
produced by the machinery. Gold plating is one of the most
common applications of electroplating in ornament-making.

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