Summary for electroplating project advice Discussion
electroplating project advice in this thread centers on using books rather than websites for a university-level assignment. Farhaad Adam asked for recommended sites and guidance on whether to focus on gold, platinum, or zinc electroplating. The reply says the site itself is already a major electroplating resource, but adds that if it has not provided enough value, other websites are unlikely to solve the problem. The key recommendation is that a project at this level needs the kind of comprehensive, organized, tutorial-style information found in books, not scattered web pages. The answer also notes that the internet often offers free but fragmented information, making it hard to replace a proper textbook treatment. No specific metal was chosen; instead, the advice is to consult books and proceed with the project from there.
Q. Hi..
I am from the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. My friends and I are currently involved in an Electroplating Project. I would really appreciate it if you could recommend a few sites, or even some key areas that we should cover. We aren’t sure whether to concentrate on Gold, Platinum or Zinc Electroplating. Any Suggestions and Advice will be highly appreciated.
Thank you for your time,
Farhaad Adam
– South Africa
2003
2003
We believe that you’ve already found the longest-running, biggest, most popular and best electroplating site on the net :-)
So if you have found nothing of value here, I’m not sure that much would be gained by referring you to yet other electroplating sites.
But the truth is that for university level projects you need
books, not websites. So much is free on the web that no one has been able to develop a viable economic model for the Internet that would pay for the kind of effort needed to assembling a subject into the comprehensive, tutorial, organized, inclusive book-like form that you need.
As our Tom Pullizzi immortalized it, the Internet is characterized by “infinite demand at zero cost, zero demand at infinitessimal cost”
:-)
Check out some of the books, and good luck with your project.
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