Jewelry Lab report Electroplating

Purpose:

Theory of electroplating. This information is on my website. Got to the syllabus (table of contents) and find the lab under electrochemistry unit. Do not copy this information directly. Put it into your own words. Describe the electrochemical technique of electroplating.
Electroplating occurs at the _______.


Procedure: Use my short list and the drawing include thet cleaning solutions and the temperature required for any hot plates.
Include a detailed drawing of the set up for electroplating metals.

Reactions and Calculations
Write the half reactions for just– Ni . Label the number of electrons transferred. Why was energy required for electroplating?


Conclusion:
1. Restate purpose
2. What was your finished product? Draw and color your product.
3. What other items could be plated and with what metal?
4. How could the experiment be improved?


Personal evaluation of the activity:
Was the jewelry making just fun or did you really understand and learn more about electrochemistry by making the jewelry?
Did you learn more about jewelry or about chemical principals?
Did the activity make you want to learn more about chemistry or science in general?



Lab Report Grading Rubric Electroplating

_____ Title

_____Purpose

_____Procedure Summary

_____Drawing of Cell (Is it electrochemical, electrolytic, galvanic or voltaic?)


_____Half Reactions

Calculations/Data Analysis:
_____Determine voltage of electrolysis of water



Conclusion
______ state purpose

_____ concluding statement

_____describe sources of error and changes that could be made to reduce error

Grammar
_____no pronouns

_____complete sentences

_____Personal evaluation