verb
definition
To coat (an object) with a thin layer of metal using electrolysis
noun
definition
A process of coating the surfaces of a metal object with a layer of a different metal through electrochemical means, usually to exploit different properties of the materials.
Examples of electroplating in a Sentence
The base of the cooler has a polished nickel electroplating around a solid copper foot allowing for superior contact with the CPU.
Soon afterwards, William Cruickshank decomposed the magnesium, sodium and ammonium chlorides, and precipitated silver and copper from their solutions - an observation which led to the process of electroplating.
The former is typified by electroplating and the latter by chemical and physical vapor deposition.
This is done using advanced photolithography and electroplating techniques.
Electroplating steel spokes puts a compressive stress into their surface, dangerously shortening their fatigue life.
A cyanide bath, as used in electroplating, would dissolve the gold, but is not suitable for refining, because other metals (silver, copper, &c.) passing with gold into the solution would deposit with it.
Reference must be made to the textbooks (see Electrochemistry) for a fuller account of the very varied solutions and methods employed for electroplating with silver, gold, copper, iron and nickel.
It should be mentioned here, however, that solutions which would deposit their metal on any object by simple immersion should not be generally used for electroplating that object, as the resulting deposit is usually non-adhesive.
An interesting example of secondary action is shown by the common technical process of electroplating with silver from a bath of potassium silver cyanide.