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Question
Make a neatly labeled sketch to show how a brass spoon can be plated with silver. Explain your choice of electrolyte used.
Solution
In order to get a spoon plated with silver a solution of sodium silver silver cyanide can be taken as electrolyte. If silver nitrate was chosen as electrolyte then the deposition of silver will be very fast and hence not very uniform and smooth.
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