CAIE IGCSE Chemistry 4.1.7 Metals are electroplated

Practise setting up electroplating by choosing the object, plating metal and electrolyte, then linking ions to the metal coating.

Exam points

choose the plating metal as the anode and the object to be plated as the cathode
select an aqueous salt of the plating metal as the electrolyte,
write or interpret the ion-electron equation for metal deposition,

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This question is about electricity and chemical reactions.

Spoons can be electroplated with silver.

Name the substances used as:
the anode (positive electrode)
the cathode (negative electrode)
the electrolyte.

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