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The 15th William Blum Lecture, Electroplating, Electrochemistry and Electronics

A brief review is given of the history of the electrodeposition of metals and of the formation of the American Electroplaters' Society. The extent of the commercial plating of different metals is discussed. A new point of view is given on the nature of electrode potentials, including some new experimental data and examples of the place of hydrogen overvoltage in metal deposition. It appears that "overvoltage" is probably an electronic property of the surface of the electrode, and may be intimately related to the "surface states" commonly postulated in electronics. If the suggested relationship is correct, overvoltage measurement may possibly provide a new tool for electronic studies of metal and probably also semiconductor surfaces. Some of the relatively close relationships which exist between electroplating, electrochemistry and electronics are pointed out.

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