A cutting implement including a metal substrate, carbide edge(s), and coating is provided. The coating is zirconium PVD (ZrCRTiNO), which provides protection against corrosion of the metal substrate. In some instances, the zirconium PVD provides protection from corrosion for at least 200 hours. A layer of carbide can be added to one or more cutting edges of the metal substrate prior to the deposition of the coating. The carbide increases the sharpness of the cutting edges and therefore increases the life or longevity of the cutting edges. Thus, a combination of zirconium PVD (ZrCRTiNO) as a coating and carbide edges on a metal substrate can increase the life of the metal substrate by providing increased hardness, sharpness, and anti-corrosive properties.

A surface-coated cutting tool has a hard coating layer on a tool body. The hard coating layer includes a (Ti.sub.1−xAl.sub.x)(C.sub.yN.sub.1−y) layer (the average amount Xavg of Al and the average amount Yavg of C satisfy 0.60≦Xavg≦0.95 and 0≦Yavg≦0.005). Crystal grains having an NaCl type face-centered cubic structure in the layer have {111} orientation, a columnar structure in which the average grain width of the individual crystal grains having an NaCl type face-centered cubic structure is 0.1 μm to 2.0 μm and the average aspect ratio is 2 to 10 is included, and in the individual crystal grains having an NaCl type face-centered cubic structure, a periodic compositional variation in Ti and Al in the composition formula: (Ti.sub.1−xAl.sub.x)(C.sub.yN.sub.1−y) is present and the difference between the average of maximum values of x and the average of minimum values thereof is 0.03 to 0.25.

Provided is a coated tool in which a hard coating layer has excellent hardness and toughness and exhibits chipping resistance and defect resistance during long-term use. The hard coating layer includes at least a layer of a complex nitride or complex carbonitride expressed by the composition formula: (Ti.sub.1-x-yAl.sub.xMe.sub.y) (C.sub.zN.sub.1-x) (here, Me is one element selected from among Si, Zr, B, V, and Cr), an average amount Xavg of Al, an average amount Yavg of Me, and an average amount Zavg of C satisfy 0.60≦Xavg, 0.005≦Yavg≦0.10, 0≦Zavg≦0.005, and 0.605≦Xavg+Yavg≦0.95, crystal grains having a cubic structure are present in crystal grains constituting the layer of a complex nitride or complex carbonitride, and in the crystal grains having a cubic structure, a predetermined periodic concentration variation of Ti, Al, and Me is present, whereby the problems are solved.

A coated tool may include a base member including a first surface, and a coating layer located at least on the first surface of the base member. The coating layer may include a first layer and a second layer. The first layer may be located on the first surface and may include a titanium compound. The second layer may be contactedly located on the first layer and may include aluminum oxide. The coating layer may include a plurality of voids located side by side in the first layer in a direction along a boundary between the first layer and the second layer in a cross section orthogonal to the first surface.

The invention provides a gate valve (1) for control of petroleum production or water injection, distinctive in that at least one surface subject to sliding in operation of the valve comprises a top layer coating of diamond like carbon (DLC). The DLC contains hydrogen, preferably more than 16 atom-% and more preferred more than 17 atom-%. It is further directed to a method of commissioning or operating a gate valve according to the invention, and use of a diamond like carbon (DLC) top layer coating on at least one surface subject to sliding in operation of the gate valve. Valve parts have a tendency of sticking, adhering or cold welding together, which result in high friction. The aim of the invention is to reduce or eliminate friction problems occurring with time or operation cycles, when using a full scale gate valve.

A component for a semiconductor processing chamber, the component including a substrate and a coating layer provided on a surface of the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes at least a first coating layer having a thermal emissivity of more than 0.98 to 1, having plasma resistance, and having a color value L in a range of 35 to 40 through a thickness direction thereof.

An article including a substrate and a plurality of coatings disposed on the substrate is presented. The plurality of coatings includes a thermal barrier coating disposed on the substrate; and a protective coating including a calcium-magnesium-aluminum-silicon-oxide (CMAS)-reactive material disposed on the thermal barrier coating. The CMAS-reactive material has an orthorhombic weberite crystal structure. The CMAS-reactive material is present in the plurality of coatings in an effective amount to react with a CMAS composition at an operating temperature of the thermal barrier coating, thereby forming a reaction product having one or both of melting temperature and viscosity greater than that of the CMAS composition. A method of making the article and a related turbine engine component are also presented.

A laminated hard film is obtained by laminating a layer A and a layer B. The layer A has a composition different from that of the layer B. The layer A is formed of (Ti.sub.aCr.sub.bAl.sub.cSi.sub.d)(C.sub.xN.sub.1-x) and satisifies the relationship of 0≦a≦0.10, 0.10≦b≦0.50, 0.50≦c≦0.90, 0≦d≦0.05, a+b+c+d=1 and 0≦x≦0.5. The layer B is formed of (Cr.sub.eSi.sub.1-e)(C.sub.yN.sub.1-y) and satisfies the relationship of 0.90≦e≦1.0 and 0≦y≦0.5, or is formed of (Al.sub.fSi.sub.1-f)(C.sub.2N.sub.1-z) and satisfies the relationship of 0.90≦f≦1.0 and 0≦x≦0.5. Each of the layer A and the layer B has a thickness of 2 to 100 nm, and the layer A and the layer B are each alternately laminated.

The invention relates to a method for producing a coated cutting tool in which a coating with at least one oxide layer is applied to a base layer by means of a PVD method. The method includes voltage-pulsed sputtering of at least one cathode metal selected from the group of aluminum, scandium, yttrium, silicon, zinc, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, chromium, niobium, and tantalum, as well as mixtures and alloys thereof in the presence of a reactive gas; and the depositing of at least one oxide layer formed by converting the reactive gas with the sputtered cathode metal onto the base body. The cathode metal includes at least aluminum. Dinitrogen oxide is used as the reactive gas. The at least one oxide layer is in the form of an oxide, mixed oxide, or oxide mixture of the at least one cathode metal.

An yttrium fluoride sprayed coating having a thickness of 10-500 μm, an oxygen concentration of 1-6 wt %, and a hardness of 350-470 HV is deposited on a substrate surface. The yttrium fluoride sprayed coating exhibits excellent corrosion resistance in a halogen-base gas atmosphere or halogen-base gas plasma atmosphere, functions to protect the substrate from damage by acid penetration during acid cleaning, and minimizes particle generation from a reaction product and due to spall-off from the coating.