Question

What is the electroplating? List three applications of electroplating.

Answer 1

Hint: Electroplating is the process of coating the metals with the selected or desired metal to protect the metal from the rust. This process is called electroplating. Understand the above statement and try to analyze the electroplating and its applications.

Complete answer:
The process of coating of thin layers to the metals with certain other desired materials to protect them from the surrounding atmosphere that is either from rusting or from any chemical reactions that takes place with the materials present in the surroundings. This is a process of protecting the metals from the rust mostly. In industries there are a wide variety of uses of electroplating. Some of them are as follows:
Tin cans used for storing food are made by electroplating. In this tin metal is used to coat a thin layer on iron
In bicycles it is used to resist rust or corrosion
To resist rust it is also used in LPG stoves.

Note:
In this electroplating the desired or the selected metal that is used to coat a thin layer on another metal should have some desired properties. It should be resistant to corrosion or rust. It should not react with the surrounding materials because the materials get damaged if the coating material is damaged due to the external reactions.