Q After electroplating a metal spoon with copper in the laboratory- a student interchanged the connections of copper plate and spoon- what do you think will happen -ANow instead of the copper depositing on the metal spoon the metal of this spoon will get deposited on the copper thus the copper metal will get electroplated by the metal spoon Could you please check my answer and give your input-

After interchanging the connection of treminals , the copper deposited on the spoon will again get deposited on copper plate. hope you understand ...

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Standard VIII

Physics

Electroplating

Q After elect...

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After electroplating a metal spoon with copper in the laboratory, a student interchanged the connections of the copper plate and spoon. What do you think will happen?

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If after electroplating a spoon with copper, the connections of the copper plate and the spoon are interchanged, the copper deposited on the spoon will start disappearing and going into solution.

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