In addition to galvanization (plating with zinc or steel) you can see copper plating of a nail at around the 12 minute mark, with a plastic plating demo a minute later. The machine can even plate ...

Sulphate of copper is composed of copper ... the metallic plates of a battery, the zinc is positive and the platinum is negative. Electro-plating consists in the electrolysis of a metallic salt ...

Science presenter Jon Chase explains electrolysis. He demonstrates how to electroplate a copper coin with zinc using a nail and dilute hydrochloric acid as the electrolyte. Jon uses an animation ...

Copper can be purified using electrolysis. A demonstration of electroplating a copper coin with zinc. Find out more about GCSE Chemistry ...