For electroplating silver metal, the anode is a bar of silver metal and the electrolytes is a solution of silver cyanide in water and for electroplating gold the anode is a gold anode and the electrolyte is of gold cyanide.
What is used for plating silver?
Silver electroplating is a chemical process that involves placing a thin coating of silver onto an object made from another type of metal. An electrical current is passed through a specialized electrolyte solution, which is created using dissolved silver ions and other select compounds.
Which salt of silver is used as an electrolyte?
Sodium silver cyanide is preferred to silver nitrate as an electrolyte for electroplating of an article with silver because the deposition of silver ion is slow and smooth and the coating is smooth.