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Delpy93
07-13-2010, 04:00 PM
Hi to everyone.
I have made an electrode using iron...
I thought to elecrtoplate it to protect it by corrosion.
Does it work?

sorry for my English ... I'm italian... :)

astrocady
07-14-2010, 08:36 AM
Your English is fine :-)

Unfortunately, plating your electrodes won't work. Your reactor is really based on the same principles as an electroplate tank. So, it would just remove the plating from one electrolde, placing in on the other.

The topic subject suggest you were considering using chrome. That is a big no-no. You want as little chrome in the electrologists process as possible, because it reacts with a electrolyte producing cr(6) which is a cancer causing substance. It is for that reason we use 316L stainless steel, rather than less expensive grades -- 316L has the lowest chrome content.

Good luck with your project!

Delpy93
07-16-2010, 07:17 AM
ok ... thank you for your suggest ... :)
I'll make my electrodes with stainless stell ...