what are the chemicals used in electro polishing?

Answer 1

It depends on the metal that you want to coat. Nickel, Chrome, Copper, Aluminium, Gold, etc., needs different medium.

Answer 2

Electropolishing, sometimes called reverse electroplating, is an electrochemical process which polishes a metal surface by removing a microscopic amount of material from the work piece.

In electropolishing, the metal work piece is immersed in a temperature controlled bath of electrolyte and connected to the positive terminal (anode) of a DC power supply. The negative terminal is attached to a cathode to which the particles removed from the anode (the work piece) are attracted when electric current is applied. Often, the size, position and distance of the cathode to the work piece is controlled during the process in order to achieve the desired level of polish and to localize areas of polish.

The process also passivates the surface of some steels by enriching chromium on the surface of the steel. This surface then reacts with oxygen to create the chromium-oxide layer which is the passive layer that prevents stainless steel from rusting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electropolishing

http://www.techplate.com/electropolish.htm

http://www.electropolish.com/

u haven't mentioned about metal used in the above process..pls refer sites

Answer 3

I don't know of a process called electropolishing. Maybe you are thinking of electroplating. Various chemicals are used depending on the plating material. You need a sample of the metal you are going to apply and a soluble salt of the same metal.

Answer 4

H2O


is one of them