Thread: Electro plated water?

I teach trade electrical and have never heard of it??

doesn't mean it doesn't exist

but electroplating is using an electrical current to plate something in metal i.e. chrome plating

I assume this is the document you are rading?
http://www.outbacknsw.com.au/QldNSWBorder.pdf

JDNSW is probably the person to ask. I assume it is either an archaic terminology or a reference to water with oily/metallic(?) scum on the surface.

He was most probably referring to an iridescent 'scum' on the surface of the water that can be caused by a number of things including very small quantities of oils that are released from the breakdown of vegetation or from the mineral limonite (hydrated iron oxide). You can often see similar multi-coloured iridescence on electroplating.

Cheers
KarlB

would sound good on the back of a wine bottle, "the crispness influenced by the trickle of electroplated water"

Originally Posted by KarlB

He was most probably referring to an iridescent 'scum' on the surface of the water that can be caused by a number if things including very small quantities of oils that are released from the breakdown of vegetation or from the mineral limonite (hydrated iron oxide). You can often see similar multi-coloured iridescence on electroplating.

Cheers
KarlB

If that's what it is ,it's a very good description. W.

I once convinced a bloke that you could buy tins of "de-hydrated water" in good camping stores. Told him that they evaporated the water down to a powder - similar principal to powdered milk.

As with powdered milk, where you add water and stir to get milk - with the de-hydrated water, you add a little water to the powder to get a lot more water.

He spent a week searching through all the camping stores near us for some to buy and keep in his tucker box.