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Journal of Minerals Materials Characterization Engineering, Vol. 10, No.13, pp.1255-1262, 2011 Printed in the USA. All rights reserved Effect of Some Plating Variables on Zinc Coated Low Carbon Steel Substrates 1 1 Bamidele M. Durodola , Joseph A.O. Olugbuyiro 1Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Technology; Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, Nigeria *Corresponding Author: olugbuyiro@ ABSTRACT This work examined the effect of plating variables on zinc coated low carbon steel substrates. The electrodeposition of steel substrates was carried out in zinc electrolyte bath. Time, voltage, distance from the anode to the cathode and the immersion depth served as plating variables. The results showed that weight gained increases as the plating time increases for the constant depth of immersion while the weight gained per unit time by varying immersion depth is irregular. Also, the study demonstrated that sample plated for 20 minutes; 20cm from the anode, 45cm depth of immersion at 0.8V exhibited the best plating properties with homogeneity of diffuse plating efficiency. Keywords: Variables, Zinc-coated low carbon steel substrates, Depth of immersion, Electrodeposition 1. INTRODUCTION The use of materials has encountered increase number of stresses brought about by recent technology. Both the use and the stresses have probably grown at a greater rate than the number of materials that can be used to meet them. This is particularly true for structu