Many products we use primarily indoors or in a dry setting for decorative purposes where they are unlikely to suffer from corrosion. These kinds of items are decorated with a thin layer of gold or silver to make them appealing to the consumer. This layer is referred to as electroplating and renowned for the prevention of corrosion and rust. Electroplating is used most widely in automotive, aircraft, electronic, jewelry and toys industries. Electroplating allows manufacturers to use cheap metals such as steel or zinc for the majority of the product and then add various external metals to ensure that the appearance, protection, and other characteristics of a product are taken into account. The surface can consist of a plastic or a metal. What is Electroplating? Electroplating is the mechanism by which an electro-deposition is applied to another piece of metal (or to another conductive surface) using an energy current. The deposited metal becomes part of the curren...