Electroplating Silver from silver nitrate

I have seen the zinc coating experiments but wondered if real silver could be plated from a silver nitrate solution.

K Martin
- Grand Forks, ND

Some say yes; I've never tried it. But silver nitrate should immersion plate on almost anything except precious metals, I would think.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

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