electrodepositionn.
/ᵻˌlɛktrəʊˌdɛpəˈzɪʃn/, /ᵻˌlɛktrəʊˌdiːpəˈzɪʃn/, U.S. /əˌlɛktroʊˌdɛpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/, /iˌlɛktroʊˌdɛpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/, /əˌlɛktroʊˌdipəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/, /iˌlɛktroʊˌdipəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/ Manufacturing Technology.
The process or action of depositing a metal or applying a metallic coating by electrolysis.
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1844 J. Timbs Year-bk. of Facts 188 Illustrative of the principle on which all electro deposition takes place.
1845 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 519/2 By the substitution..of plates produced by electro-deposition, in which the copper is quite uncontaminated with other metals, an advantage is anticipated.
c1865 G. Gore in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 239/2 Coating metals..by electro-deposition.
1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xli. 794 Pure cobalt is made either by igniting the oxalate, CoC2O4, or by electro-deposition.
1992 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Nov. 77/3 Exposed areas are stripped away with a developing chemical, leaving a template that can be filled with nickel or another material by electrodeposition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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