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Electroplating is an industrial process in which an electric current is applied in a special bath to coat suitable articles with a thin layer of metal. It has been in use since the early 1840's. A familiar example of electroplating is "chrome plating", in which the metal chromium is deposited over the surface of metal and plastic articles... An article to be plated is made the negative electrode in a bath containing a solution of chemical compounds with requisite properties. The positive electrode in the bath is typically made of metal of the type to be plated onto the negative electrode. In practice it requires considerable technical resourcefulness to obtain an evenly-coated electroplating finish.