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electrolytic plating

electrolytic plating

"Electrolytic plating" is a technique to form a thin metal layer on a surface of a solid specimen by electrolysis of a conductive solid (ex. metal) in a suitable electrolyte solvent. Actually, a specimen (acting as an anode) and a platinum (Pt) plate or a stainless-steel (acting as a cathode) are immersed in a suitable electrolyte solvent. By the flow of electric current between these electrodes, the eluted Pt or stainless-steel is deposited on the specimen surface.