Talk:Electroplating

Why no fractals?
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Are US pennies ELECTROplated?
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 * The most common form of electroplating is used for creating coins, such as US pennies, which are made of zinc covered in a layer of copper.

The concern is whether the copper is indeed deposited by ELECTROplating, or rather by electroless plating. I could not find any authoritative source to answer this question. The reference given does not seem to say. --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 14:56, 19 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Not great sources, but still.
 * There is probably a way to infer information from the thickness copper on the penny. I think its too thin for other manufacturing technique ? idk
 * https://pennies.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Albert-Giles-Statement.pdf
 * https://www.comsol.com/blogs/electroplating-u-s-mint-makes-penny/ Falsht (talk) 23:19, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Merge discussion
Zinc alloy electroplating and Electrogalvanization are all talking about the same thing, or are merely sub mechanisms.

Since this one has a German equivalent, I would propose to merge the two above into this one, because the two above do not have German equivalents.

Cheers Ceever (talk) 08:47, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Merging the two into this article would make Electroplating too big and give electrogalvanization undue weight. However, Zinc alloy electroplating and Electrogalvanization themselves do seem to need merging. I would suggest merging Zinc alloy electroplating into Electrogalvanization, then linking the product into Electroplating as a spinoff. --Liu1126 (talk) 18:14, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Agreed, I do not believe Electroplating needs merging with the others, which could, however, do with a merger of their own. I oppose this main merge suggestion, though. Kiril kovachev (talk) 20:58, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Uses of electroplating
Uses of electroplating 202.43.120.207 (talk) 06:54, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * It is used for the production of hydrogen through a nickel solution to which is applied an electric current at over 900 degree Celsius. Oxygen is generated when a material that's coated with iron and cobalt on top of the nickel has electricity put through it. The new material produced 20 more hydrogen than compared to platinum (source: fuelcellworks.com). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.19.26.110 (talk) 21:53, 7 September 2022 (UTC)