电镀(英文:Electroplating)是利用电解的原理将导电体铺上一层金属的方法。

除了导电体以外，电镀亦可用于经过特殊处理的塑胶上。

电镀的过程基本如下：

电镀后被电镀对象的美观性和电流密度大小有关系，在可操作电流密度范围内，电流密度越小，被电镀的对象便会越美观；反之则会出现一些不平整的形状。电流密度指一定面积上的电流分布，常用的电流密度单位是安培每平方分米(即平方公寸)[ASD]和安培每平方英尺[ASF]。一般情况下，电镀槽液呈酸性，能够腐蚀溶解阴极镀层金属，当电流密度太小时（小于5ASF时），由于酸性槽液的溶解，镀层金属会呈现疏松和无光泽的外观。

Electrowinning, also called electroextraction, is the electrodeposition of metals from their ores that have been put in solution via a process commonly referred to as leaching. Electrorefining uses a similar process to remove impurities from a metal. Both processes use electroplating on a large scale and are important techniques for the economical and straightforward purification of non-ferrous metals. The resulting metals are said to be electrowon.