Electroplating
Using electric current to deposit metal coatings for corrosion resistance, decoration, conductivity, and precision manufacturing.
Core metadata
- ID: electroplating
- Era: Industrial
- First known date: 1805 (exact)
- Region: Pavia, Italy
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Advanced Chemistry (advanced_chemistry)
- Electricity (electricity)
- Electrochemical Industry (electrochemical_industry)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Electroplate (Museum of Fine Arts Boston CAMEO, 2022, museum) • Supports: node
Locator: MFA CAMEO states that Luigi Brugnatelli invented electroplating in 1805 and successfully plated gold onto silver using Volta's battery. - Electroplating (Engineering and Technology History Wiki, 2015, museum) • Supports: node
Locator: ETHW credits Brugnatelli with inventing electroplating in 1805 using a Voltaic pile and a dissolved gold solution.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrochemical Industry (electrochemical_industry) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Electrochemical Industry provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Electricity (electricity) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Electricity provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Advanced Chemistry (advanced_chemistry) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Advanced Chemistry provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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