Labels:book | dessert spoon | spoon OCR: ELECTROPLATING OATING the surface of one metal Plating with silver vith thin layer of another metal Solid silver cutlery expens ive is called electroplating. it car be used cutlery often made from cheaper to protect metals from rusting and object metal such nickel, and silver. then improve their appearance. The electroplated with to be coated Is made the cathode and apure piece of the plating metal made he anode The electrolyte contains compound of the plating metal For example 11 layer DI tin 13 to be plated onto steel to make tin cans pure tin would be pesn as the anode and tin sulfate solution could be used as the electrolyte. When the current switched on, positive tin ions move through the electrolyte to the steel the cathode), and coating oftin builds up on the steel Nickel spoon Silv ...