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Exploring Fabrication - Electroplating

In this activity, learners coat a nickel coin with nanometer-thin layers of copper using the electroplating process.

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Fabrication - Electroplating" is a hands on activity in which visitors coat a nickel coin with copper using the electroplating process. They learn that electroplating can deposit nanometer-thin layers of materials.

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  • Hands holding wires connected to a battery over container of liquid in Exploring Fabrication - Electroplating activity.
  • Battery and electroplating activity components with alligator clips
  • Hands holding wires connected to a battery over container of liquid in Exploring Fabrication - Electroplating activity.
  • Battery and electroplating activity components with alligator clips

DESCRIPTION

"Exploring Fabrication - Electroplating" is a hands on activity in which visitors coat a nickel coin with copper using the electroplating process. They learn that electroplating can deposit nanometer-thin layers of materials.

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OBJECTIVES

BIG IDEA

Scientists use special tools and equipment to work on the nanoscale.

LEARNING GOALS

  • Scientists use special tools and equipment to work on the nanoscale.

NANO CONTENT MAP

Scientists and engineers have formed the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology by investigating properties and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.

Credits

YEAR CREATED
2013
OWNING INSTITUTION

Sciencenter

FUNDING

Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

PERMISSIONS

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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