What is the negative electrode during electroplating?
The object to be coated.
What is the positive electrode during electroplating?
The pure plating metal.
What does the electrolyte contain during electroplating?
Ions of the plating metal.
What is the role of the positive electrode during electroplating?
It tops up the ions in the solution.
How does electroplating use electrolysis?
To coat the surface of one metal with another metal.