Abstract: A covering member has a hard film on the surface of a base material, wherein the hard film comprises a layer A selected from a nitride, a carbonitride, an oxynitride, and an oxycarbonitride of Cr or CrM; a metal layer which is formed on the outer surface side of the A layer and includes Cr, Ti, or W; and a layer B which is formed on the outer surface side of the metal layer and selected from a nitride, a carbonitride, an oxynitride, and an oxycarbonitride of Cr or CrM, and wherein M is one or two or more from a Group 4 metal, a Group 5 metal, a Group 6 metal of the periodic table, Al, Si, and B, and strain is introduced in the outer surface side of the metal layer.

Abstract: To provide an epoxy adhesive having a high glass transition temperature and low viscosity, and having excellent adhesive properties, as well as to provide an automotive member that uses this adhesive, and a manufacturing method thereof. One embodiment provides an epoxy adhesive containing (A) epoxy, (B) a core-shell toughening agent, and (C) a latent curing agent that does not include an aniline backbone, wherein the epoxy (A) includes at least 50 mass % of a trifunctional or higher liquid epoxy. Another embodiment provides an automotive member including a first adherend, a second adherend, and a cured epoxy adhesive provided between the first adherend and the second adherend and cured to bond the first adherend and the second adherend.