The process of coating an object with metal by putting it in, say, a CuSO4 bath through which current is run
The net effect 
of passing an electric current through the molten salt in this cell is to decompose
... [DOC] [TLE] Electrolysis - Encyclopedia - Theodora [PAR] Volta's cell consists essentially of two plates of different metals, such as zinc and 
copper, ... Faraday's next step was to pass the same current through different .... 
process of electroplating with silver from a bath of potassium silver cyanide.