Methods of enhancing the corrosion resistance of an oxidizable material exposed to a supercritical fluid is disclosed One method includes placing a surface layer on an oxidizable material, and choosing a buffered supercritical fluid containing a reducing agent with the composition of the buffered supercritical fluid containing the reducing agent chosen to avoid the corrosion of the surface layer or reduce the rate of corrosion of the surface layer and avoid the corrosion of the oxidizable material or reduce the rate of corrosion of the oxidizable material at a temperature above the supercritical temperature and supercritical pressure of the supercritical fluid.

Coated surfaces and coatings are described. The coated surfaces can include a surface coating comprising an alloy layer. The alloy layer can include molybdenum or tungsten in combination with one or more of nickel, cobalt, chromium, tin, phosphorous, iron, magnesium or boron Processes for producing the surface coatings are also described.

Devices with a moveable component that includes a coated surface are described. In some examples, the moveable component can contact a functional fluid during movement of the moveable component. The moveable component includes a coated surface with a surface coating comprising an alloy layer. The alloy layer comprises molybdenum or tungsten in combination with one or more other materials.

In various embodiments, electronic devices such as touch-panel displays incorporate interconnects featuring a conductor layer and, disposed above the conductor layer, a capping layer comprising an alloy of Cu and one or more refractory metal elements selected from the group consisting of Ta, Nb, Mo, W, Zr, Hf, Re, Os, Ru, Rh, Ti, V, Cr, and Ni.

Processes for producing coated surfaces and coatings are described. The processes can be used to produce a surface coating comprising an alloy layer. The produced alloy layer can include molybdenum or tungsten in combination with one or more of nickel, cobalt, chromium, tin, phosphorous, iron, magnesium or boron or other materials.

Rods, pipes and internal cavities that include a coated surface are described. The rod or pipe can include an alloy layer on an external surface, an internal surface or both. The alloy layer can include molybdenum or tungsten and at least one element or at least one compound comprising one or more of nickel, cobalt, chromium, tin, phosphorous, iron, magnesium or boron.

Hydraulic devices that include a moveable component configured to contact a functional fluid during movement of the hydraulic device are described. The hydraulic device can include a coating on a surface. The coating can include a metal or metal alloy such as, for example, a molybdenum or tungsten in combination with one or more other materials.

A process of fabricating a shield, a process of preparing a component, and an erosion shield are disclosed. The process of fabricating the shield includes forming a near-net shape shield. The near-net shape shield includes a nickel-based layer and an erosion-resistant alloy layer. The nickel-based layer is configured to facilitate secure attachment of the near-net shaped to a component. The process of preparing the component includes securing a near-net shape shield to a substrate of a component.

A method for producing a corrosion resistant metal substrate and corrosion resistant metal substrate provided thereby. The method involves forming a plated substrate including a metal substrate provided with a nickel layer or with a nickel and cobalt layer followed by electrodepositing a molybdenum oxide layer from an aqueous solution onto the plated substrate, which is subsequently subjected to an annealing step in a reducing atmosphere to reduce the molybdenum oxide in the molybdenum oxide layer to molybdenum metal in a reduction annealing step and to form a diffusion layer which contains nickel and molybdenum, and optionally cobalt.

The present invention relates generally to jewelry articles comprising a substrate and a metallic, external coating.