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electrochemistry
electrochemistry science dealing with the relationship between electricity and chemical changes. Of principal interest are the reactions that take place between electrodes and the electrolytes in electric and electrolytic cells (see electrolysis ), as well as the reactions that take place in a... Read more
gilding
gilding process of applying a thin layer of real or imitation gold to a surface. The process is employed on wood, metal, ivory, leather, paper, glass, porcelain, and fabrics and is used to embellish the decorative elements, domes, and vaults of buildings. Gold, or a substitute, may be applied in le... Read more
Bradford
Bradford city (1991 pop. 293,336) and metropolitan district, N central England, on a small tributary of the Aire River. It is a center of the worsted industry, which dates from the Middle Ages. Bradford has an important wool exchange, along with the making of other fabrics (including synthetics). E... Read more
Moses Gerrish Farmer
Moses Gerrish Farmer 1820-93, American inventor, b. Boscawen, N.H. He helped build and maintain some of the pioneer telegraph lines of Massachusetts and experimented in multiple telegraphy. He exhibited (1847) an electric train that carried children, invented a process for electroplating aluminum, ... Read more
galvanizing
galvanizing process of coating a metal, usually iron or steel, with a protective covering of zinc. Galvanized iron is prepared either by dipping iron, from which rust has been removed by the action of sulfuric acid, into molten zinc so that a thin layer of the zinc remains on the surface of the iro... Read more
Sheffield
Sheffield city (1991 pop. 470,685), N England, at the confluence of the Don River and four tributaries. Sheffield was one of the leading industrial cities of England. It has been a center of cutlery manufacture since the 14th cent. The Cutlers' Company, the governing body of cutlery manufacturers, ... Read more
Ernst Werner von Siemens
Ernst Werner von Siemens , 1816-92, German electrical engineer and inventor. He was a founder and director of Siemens and Halske, a firm that made electrical apparatus. He was co-inventor of an electroplating process (1841), and alone developed an electric dynamo. He laid the first telegraph line an... Read more
Sir William Siemens
Sir William Siemens 1823-83, English electrical engineer, b. Germany; brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens. Originally his name was Carl Wilhelm Siemens. After visiting England to introduce an electroplating device he devised with his brother Ernst he returned in 1844 and became (1859) a naturalized... Read more
cadmium
cadmium [from cadmia, Lat. for calamine, with which cadmium is found associated], metallic chemical element; symbol Cd; at. no. 48; at. wt. 112.41; m.p. 321°C; b.p. 765°C; sp. gr. 8.65 at 20°C; valence +2. Cadmium is a lustrous, silver-white, ductile, very malleable metal. It belong... Read more
cyanide
cyanide , chemical compound containing the cyano group , -CN. Cyanides are salts or esters of hydrogen cyanide (hydrocyanic acid, HCN) formed by replacing the hydrogen with a metal (e.g., sodium or potassium) or a radical (e.g., ammonium or ethyl). The most common and widely used cyanides are tho... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Electroplating"

SIC 3471 Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...primarily engaged in all types of electroplating, plating, anodizing, coloring...products. NAICS Code(s) 332813 (Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing...more diversified in the number of electroplating and finishing processes they utilized...
electroplating
Book article from: World Encyclopedia electroplating Deposition of a coating of metal on another by making the object to...electrolyte are discharged at the cathode and deposited as metal. Electroplating is used to produce a decorative or corrosion-resistant layer, as...
Alexander Parkes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Elkingtons, the company that invented the electroplating process, which used electricity to...his attention soon began to focus on electroplating, a recently discovered process...8005) in 1841 on a process for electroplating delicate works of art. His improved...
nickel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...most important compound is the sulfate, which is used in electroplating, as a mordant in dyeing, in preparation of other nickel...resistant metals, especially iron and steel; it is applied by electroplating and by other methods (see plating ). It is used in the...
SIC 3911 Jewelry, Precious Metal
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...subcontractors who provide services such as polishing and electroplating. Manufacturing firms in the precious metal jewelry industry...concerning the removal of toxic levels of metals used in electroplating have added financial burdens to many manufacturers and subcontractors...
electrolysis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...pure aluminum at the cathode and into oxygen at the anode. In these examples the electrodes are inert. Electroplating In electroplating, the plating metal is generally the anode, and the object to be plated is the cathode. A solution of...
SIC 3495 Wire Springs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...those used in smaller firms, and the main distinctions regarding capital goods were the number and size of machines. These firms also typically have a greater variety of machines to supplement core production processes, such as electroplating
palladium
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...In chemistry it is a catalyst in sulfuric acid manufacture and in hydrogenation processes. Palladium salts are used in electroplating. Although palladium is not as abundant as platinum, it is less expensive. Palladium was discovered in 1803 by W. H...
Moradabad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...central India. It is an important rail junction and an agricultural market center. There are industries in metalworking, electroplating, printing, sugar milling, and cotton weaving. The Jama Masjid [great mosque], built in 1631, is in the city.
gilding
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...The applied leaf is burnished or left matte. Mechanical and chemical gilding of metals has been largely superseded by electroplating (see plating ). The art of gilding is of ancient origin. It was lavishly employed in Egypt, Greece, and Rome and during...

Dictionary entries related to "Electroplating"

Fischer, Nicolaus Wolfgang
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...and observed the so-called galvanoplastic phenomenon (i.e., electroplating), which later, through other researchers, led to the elaboration of technical electroplating. Fischer made a galvanic cell consisting of silver and zinc electrodes...
Ruedemann, Rudolf
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Springs (1914), the Capital District (1930), and the Catskills (1942). As a technical innovation he introduced copper electroplating of fragile gutta 횪 percha castings of fossils, from which molds might be obtained. Ruedemann was vice-president...
Metalwork
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...was often a workroom and a showroom. This practice continued until about 1840, when the discovery of the technique of electroplating led to the rise of large companies that produced and sold silver plate in stores. While not eliminating individual silversmiths...
Electric Power and Light Industry
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Joseph Saxton of Washington, D.C., produced an early magnetogenerator that was used in medical experiments and in electroplating during the 1840s. Magnetogenerators began to be used for arclights in lighthouses after about 1850. Several major changes...
Gore, George
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Birmingham had quickly become a center for their manufacture. At this time Birmingham was also the center of a fast-growing electroplating industry, and Gore ’ s interest in electricity led him to the investigation of plating techniques. From 1854...
electroplate
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...xB7;plate / iˈlektrəˌplāt / • v. [ tr. ] [usu. as n. ] ( electroplating ) coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal. • n. electroplated...

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Treating electroplating residues with thermal plasmas
Magazine article from: JOM; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...containing heavy metals generated in electroplating processes has been developed. The...produced when treating any type of electroplating residues using the described technology...capable of treating up to 150 kg/h of electroplating residues has been built. INTRODUCTION...
Health hazards could end cadmium's reign in electroplating area.
Magazine article from: American Metal Market; 3/24/1986; ; 700+ words ; ...Hazards Could End Cadmium's Reign In Electroplating Area Cadmium's long reign in electroplating applications may be drawing to a close...discharge of cadmium waste that results from electroplating, according to the EPA. The federal...
EPA to fund hazardous waste cleanup of shut-down electroplating company
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/12/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...to pay for the cleanup of a Roxbury electroplating plant that was shut down for illegal...extraordinary measure of closing Modern Electroplating last August after investigators found...Services of Roxbury next door to Modern Electroplating on Washington Street, said he is...
Kaliningrad to treat electroplating waste
Newspaper article from: Haznews; 12/1/1996; 653 words ; ...for the collection and treatment of electroplating waste from about 10 facilities in...includes: * establishing an inventory of electroplating waste generation in Kaliningrad...for the collection and treatment of electroplating waste; * constructing a central treatment...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Wafer Electroplating Apparatus
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/17/2008; 524 words ; ...have developed an apparatus for electroplating wafer. According to the abstract...Trademark Office: "A wafer electroplating apparatus with a function of bubble removal includes an electroplating bath main body and a fixing device...
Semitool Ships Order For 300mm Raider Solder Bump System; Major Advanced Packaging Foundry Receives 300mm Production Tool for Solder and Lead Free Electroplating.
Business Wire; 7/12/2004; 700+ words ; ...Nasdaq: SPIL) of Taiwan for advanced electroplating system for wafer level packaging...production 300mm Raider system for electroplating and surface preparation, as well...play a larger role supporting their electroplating needs for their wafer level packaging...
Snyder slates $500,000 to expand electroplating. (Charles D. Snyder & Son Inc.)
Magazine article from: American Metal Market; 9/22/1986; ; 700+ words ; ...Snyder Slates $500,000 To Expand Electroplating Charles D. Snyder & Son Inc., an industrial electroplating firm based in Harrisburg, Pa...for rack, barrel and coil/strip electroplating. Snyder also employs 48 people at...
Kushner Electroplating School announces the Spring 2007 schedule.(NEWS)
Magazine article from: Products Finishing; 12/1/2006; 539 words ; The Kushner Electroplating School announces the Spring 2007 schedule for its two-day training program in electroplating. Electroplating Know How Basics will be offered at the following locations...
NEXX Systems Announces Electroplating Process & Equipment Development Collaboration for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging.
Business Wire; 3/9/2009; 700+ words ; ...New York State on the development of electroplating hardware and processes for advanced...alliance partners' requirements in electroplating for chip interconnections and 3D packaging...unique capabilities of the NEXX Stratus electroplating tool. The Stratus was selected for...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Metal Electroplating Process
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/3/2008; 584 words ; ...Taiwan, has developed a metal electroplating process. According to the...Trademark Office: "A metal electroplating process of an electrically...electrically connecting pads and electroplating lines connected to the electrically...