Electrodeposition
If you think you know what metals look like, well, think again! During electrodeposition, metal cations in a solution get reduced at the electrode connected to the negative terminal of a power supply. This reduction generates Intriguing metal structures. Here, the electrodeposition of 5 different metals (copper, tin, zinc, lead, and silver) was recorded under a microscope.
Images by Wenting Zhu.
This photo is reproduced with permission from Beauty of Science.
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