Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool according to the present invention is a surface-coated cutting tool including a base material and a coating film formed on the base material, wherein the coating film includes at least a wear-resistant layer and an adhesion-resistant layer, the wear-resistant layer has a multilayer structure in which an A layer of a nitride containing Ti and Al as well as a B layer of a nitride containing Al and Cr are alternately stacked, and has a cubic crystal structure, and the adhesion-resistant layer is located at an outermost surface of the coating film, is composed of a nitride expressed by (AlaCrbTi1-a-b)N (wherein a+b<0.99, b>0.01, and 0.2b+0.7<a), and has a wurtzite-type crystal structure.

Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool according to the present invention is a surface-coated cutting tool including a base material and a coating film formed on the base material, wherein the coating film includes at least a wear-resistant layer and an adhesion-resistant layer, the wear-resistant layer has a multilayer structure in which an A layer of a nitride containing Ti and Al as well as a B layer of a nitride containing Al and Cr are alternately stacked, and has a cubic crystal structure, and the adhesion-resistant layer is located at an outermost surface of the coating film, is composed of a nitride expressed by (AlaCrbTi1-a-b)N (wherein a+b<0.99, b>0.01, and 0.2b+0.7<a), and has a wurtzite-type crystal structure.