Electroplating vs. Galvanisation — What's the Difference?

Electroplating is a general name for processes that create a metal coating on a solid substrate through the reduction of cations of that metal by means of a direct electric current. The part to be coated acts as the cathode (negative electrode) of an electrolytic cell; the electrolyte is a solution of a salt of the metal to be coated; and the anode (positive electrode) is usually either a block of that metal, or of some inert conductive material.

Alternative form of galvanization

To coat or cover with a thin layer of metal by electrodeposition.

Stimulation with a galvanic current

Present participle of electroplate

Stimulation that arouses a person to lively action;

A process of coating the surfaces of a metal object with a layer of a different metal through electrochemical means, usually to exploit different properties of the materials.

Either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting

The art or process of depositing a coating (commonly) of silver, gold, or nickel on an inferior metal, by means of an electric current. The metal to be deposited on an article is usually used as the anode and the article to be plated as the cathode, in an electrolyte solution in which the plating metal is the cation. The process is conducted in a tank called an electroplating bath, which holds the electrolyte solution.