Also remember that if you actually succeed in electroplating a consistent mix of metals, they usually do not have the properties of the "alloy" they are meant to copy.  This was brought out clearly when we were plating Tin/Lead alloys, which corroded easily, compared to Hot Air Leveled Solder, because they really were not true metal solutions, but were actually separate chrystals of the two metals.

I will shut up about this now.

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