Provided is a coated cutting tool having a base material side single layer portion and a laminated portion provided as a hard coating in order from a base material side. The base material side single layer portion is formed of a nitride-based hard coating in which a proportion of Al is highest among metal (including metalloid) elements, a sum of Al and Cr in a content ratio (atomic ratio) is 0.9 or more, and at least B is contained. In the laminated portion, a nitride-based a layer in which a proportion of Ti is highest among metal (including metalloid) elements and at least B is contained, and a nitride-based b layer in which a proportion of Al is highest among metal (including metalloid) elements and at least Cr and B are contained are alternately laminated.

A doping method using an electric field includes stacking a sacrificial layer on a doped layer, disposing a doping material on the sacrificial layer, disposing electrodes on the doping material and the doped layer, respectively, and doping the doping material into the doped layer through oxidation, diffusion, and reduction of the doping material by the electric field.

A substrate having a multilayer coating system in the form of a surface coating, which has an outer cover layer comprising amorphous carbon, and a coating process for producing a substrate. At least a first Mo.sub.aN.sub.x support layer is provided between the substrate and the cover layer, which support layer has a nitrogen content x, referred to an Mo content a, which is in the range of 25 at %≤x≤55 at %, with x+a=100 at %.

Method for manufacturing a fire-resistant part of an air conditioning system for an air or rail transport vehicle, characterized in that it includes at least the following steps: a step of obtaining a part including at least one aluminum alloy surface portion, and a step of treating the aluminum alloy surface portion by use of micro-arc oxidation in order to produce a ceramic coating on the surface portion.

Method for manufacturing a fire-resistant part of an air conditioning system for an air or rail transport vehicle, characterized in that it includes at least the following steps: a step of obtaining a part including at least one aluminum alloy surface portion, and a step of treating the aluminum alloy surface portion by use of micro-arc oxidation in order to produce a ceramic coating on the surface portion.

The invention provides a multi-layered electrode for sensing pH, the electrode comprising: a sensing layer on a substrate, the sensing layer comprising at least one proton-sensitive metal oxide, wherein a pH-dependent potential of the multi-layered electrode is measurable via an electrically conductive connection to the sensing layer; a proton-permeable layer covering at least a portion of the sensing layer, the proton-permeable layer comprising at least one electrically insulating proton-conductive metal oxide; and a carbonaceous layer on the proton-permeable layer, the carbonaceous layer comprising amorphous carbon.

The present invention relates to a cutting tool consisting of a hard base material, such as cemented carbide, cermet, ceramic, and cubic boron nitride, and a hard coating film formed on the hard base material. In the cutting tool according to the present invention, the hard coating film, which is composed of a monolayer or multilayer structure, is formed on a base material, wherein the hard coating film comprises a layer composed of an oxide, wherein in the layer composed of an oxide, the oxygen content of an edge center of the cutting tool is higher than the oxygen content in an area distanced from the edge center by 50 μm or more.

A surface coated member having improved stability and a longer service life is provided. The surface coated member includes a base member and a hard coating formed on a surface thereof. The hard coating is constituted of one or more layers. At least one layer among the layers is a layer including hard particles. The hard particles include a multilayer structure having a first unit layer and a second unit layer being layered alternately. The first unit layer includes a first compound. The second unit layer includes a second compound. The first compound and the second compound are respectively made of one or more kind of element selected from the group consisting of a group 4 element, a group 5 element, a group 6 element of a periodic table, and Al, and one or more kind of element selected from the group consisting of B, C, N, and O.

Provided is an oriented electrical steel sheet including: a forsterite film formed on one side or both sides of an oriented electrical steel sheet substrate; and a ceramic layer formed on an entire or partial region of the forsterite film. Provided is a manufacturing method for an oriented electrical steel sheet including: preparing an oriented electrical steel sheet having a forsterite film formed on one surface or both surfaces thereof; and forming a ceramic layer by spraying ceramic powder on the forsterite film.

An article includes a substrate, a ceramic barrier coating, and a layer of networked ceramic nanofibers. The ceramic barrier coating is disposed on the substrate and has a porous columnar microstructure. The layer of networked ceramic nanofibers is disposed on the ceramic barrier layer and seals the pores of the porous columnar microstructure.