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‘Galvanizing’ named after Luigi Galvani

Luigi Galvani (Image courtesy https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/File:Luigi_Galvani,_oil-painting)
Is electroplating also known as galvanizing?
Today galvanizing only applies to a plating in zinc, but the process and its name originate from its inventor Italian physician Luigi Galvani in 1780

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