"Plated" redirects here. For the online meal kit company, see Plated (meal kits).
For use in cooking, see Food presentation. For use in microbiology, see Petri dish § Microbiology. For the term in geology, see Plating (geology). For the term in philately, see Plating (philately).
Plating is a finishing process in which a metal is deposited on a surface. Plating has been done for hundreds of years; it is also critical for modern technology. Plating is used to decorate objects, for corrosion inhibition, to improve solderability, to harden, to improve wearability, to reduce friction, to improve paint adhesion, to alter conductivity, to improve IR reflectivity, for radiation shielding, and for other purposes. Jewelry typically uses plating to give a silver or gold finish.
Thin-film deposition has plated objects as small as an atom,[1] therefore plating finds uses in nanotechnology.
There are several plating methods, and many variations. In one method, a solid surface is covered with a metal sheet, and then heat and pressure are applied to fuse them (a version of this is Sheffield plate). Other plating techniques include electroplating, vapor deposition under vacuum and sputter deposition. Recently, plating often refers to using liquids. Metallizing refers to coating metal on non-metallic objects.
^Kuo, Hong-Shi; Hwang, Ing-Shouh; Fu, Tsu-Yi; Lin, Yu-Chun; Chang, Che-Cheng; Tsong, Tien T. (7 November 2006). "Noble Metal/W(111) Single-Atom Tips and Their Field Electron and Ion Emission Characteristics". Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 45 (11): 8972–8983. Bibcode:2006JaJAP..45.8972K. doi:10.1143/JJAP.45.8972.
Plating is a finishing process in which a metal is deposited on a surface. Plating has been done for hundreds of years; it is also critical for modern...
Chrome plating (less commonly chromium plating) is a technique of electroplating a thin layer of chromium onto a metal object. A chrome plated part is...
Gold plating is a method of depositing a thin layer of gold onto the surface of another metal, most often copper or silver (to make silver-gilt), by chemical...
Copper plating may refer to: Copper electroplating, a technique of electroplating a layer of copper onto a metal object Electroless copper plating, an auto-catalytic...
Ion plating (IP) is a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process that is sometimes called ion assisted deposition (IAD) or ion vapor deposition (IVD) and...
Replica plating is a microbiological technique in which one or more secondary Petri plates containing different solid (agar-based) selective growth media...
processes as hard chromium plating, bronze alloy plating, sulfamate nickel plating, and numerous other plating processes. Plating equipment evolved from manually-operated...
Immersion silver plating (or IAg plating) is a surface plating process that creates a thin layer of silver over copper objects. It consists in dipping...
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Nickel plating may refer to: Nickel electroplating, a technique of electroplating a thin layer of nickel onto a metal object Electroless nickel-phosphorus...
electroplating takes place in an electrolytic cell using electrolysis. As with all plating processes, the part to be plated must be cleaned before depositing metal...
Immersion zinc plating is an electroless (non-electrolytic) coating process that deposits a thin layer of zinc on a less electronegative metal, by immersion...
Shell plating is the outer-most structure on the hull of a steel or aluminum ship or boat. A strake is the name given to each line of planking in a wooden...
Barrel plating is a form of electroplating used for plating a large number of smaller metal objects in one sitting. It consists of a non-conductive barrel-shaped...
and purpose of the vehicle determines the amount of armour plating carried, as the plating is often very heavy and excessive amounts of armour restrict...
Electroless copper plating is a chemical process that deposits an even layer of copper on the surface of a solid substrate, like metal or plastic. The...
Electroless deposition (ED) or electroless plating is defined as the autocatalytic process through which metals and metal alloys are deposited onto conductive...
are black, green and blue nickel plating, black chromium plating, black rhodium plating and black ruthenium plating. Anodic oxidation of aluminum , titanium...
depositing material to densify the structure and tailor properties (ion plating). When the vapor source is a liquid or solid the process is called physical...
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Galvanization or galvanizing (also spelled galvanisation or galvanising) is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent...
its name to Michigan Plating and Stamping Company, and later in 1956 it was taken over by Charles Bluhdorn. In 1957, Michigan Plating and Stamping acquired...
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