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Question
Give reason for the following:
For electroplating with silver, silver nitrate is not used as an electrolyte.
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Solution
Silver nitrate is not used as an electrolyte for electroplating with silver because the deposition of silver will be very fast and, hence, not very smooth and uniform.
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