Abstract: A personal ornament having an ornament base article made of a metal or the like; an underlayer, preferably nickel-free, formed on the base article; and a coloring layer constituted of an abrasion-resistant layer of 0.2-1.5 ?m thick formed by dry-plating on the surface of the underlayer and an outermost layer of 0.002-0.1 ?m thick formed by dry-plating on the surface of the abrasion-resistant layer. The coloring layer is a white hard coating film of a stainless-steel color which provides superior quality, high resistance to deterioration of appearance by scratching, and a high-quality image like a stainless steel film.

Abstract: A rigid composite structure includes a tubular body made from a metallic material and having a first bore formed therein along a longitudinal axis, and one or more segments formed from a super hard material disposed within the first bore. Each segment has a hole formed in the center thereof, and the segments may be positioned end-to-end and adjacent to one another to align the center holes about the longitudinal axis and form a second bore. The segments can be held under compression within the first bore of the tubular body. The segments may be made of super hard materials such as natural diamond, synthetic diamond, polycrystalline diamond, single crystalline 10 diamond, cubic boron nitrate or other superhard composite materials which exhibit low thermal expansion rates and are generally chemically inert. The resultant rigid composite structure may possess higher tolerances to high pressures and high temperatures within the second bore.

Abstract: An uncoated cutting tool that comprises a body containing a pocket. A polycrystalline cubic boron nitride blank has a cutting tip. The blank is brazed into the pocket using a braze alloy whereby there is a braze joint between the body and the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride blank. The braze alloy has a liquidus temperature of at least about 900 degrees Centigrade wherein the braze alloy is selected from the group comprising a nickel-gold braze alloy containing nickel and gold, a copper-gold braze alloy containing copper and gold, a silver-titanium braze alloy containing silver and titanium, and a silver-palladium braze alloy containing silver and palladium.

Abstract: A blade of a turbomachine such as a gas turbine includes a blade vane with a blade tip and a blade base. A blade tip armor cladding is applied on the blade tip. A coating covers at least the armor cladding and includes at least one multilayer coating system, and preferably plural such coating systems stacked repetitively on one another. Each coating system includes at least two different layers stacked successively on one another, with one layer of a metal material closer to the blade tip and one layer of a ceramic material farther from the blade tip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a layer arrangement (1) for the formation of a coating on a surface (2) of a substrate (3), in particular on the surface (2) of a tool (3), wherein the layer arrangement comprises at least one hard layer (4, 5, 6, 7, 8) having the composition SiaBbMecNuCvOw with a,b>0 and 33 at %>c ?0, preferably 25 at %>c?0, in particular 10 at %>c?0 and u,v,w?0, and Me being a metal. Furthermore, the invention relates to a coating method for depositing a layer arrangement (1), as well as to a substrate (3), in particular a tool (3) or a wearing part (3) having a layer arrangement (1) according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention concerns a cast wear part with its structure reinforced by at least a type metal carbide, and/or metal nitride, and/or boride, and/or metal oxides, and/or intermetallic compounds, referred to below as constituents. The invention is characterized in that the raw materials used as reagents for said constituents have been introduced in a mould (1) before casting in the form of compacted powder inserts or preforms (3) or the form of slurries (4), and the reaction of said powders has been activated in situ by casting a metal, forming a porous conglomerate in situ, and said metal has infiltrated the porous conglomerate, thus forming a reinforced structure leading to inclusion of said constituents in the structure of the metal used for casting, thereby creating a reinforcing structure on the wear part (2).

Abstract: In a layered composite including a substrate comprising a number of individual layers disposed on the substrate, at least one of the individual layers includes cubic boron nitride formed by material deposition, the cubic boron nitride including oxygen added during deposition of the material.

Abstract: The invention provides low-emissivity stacks being characterized by a low solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC), enhanced aesthetics, mechanical and chemical durability, and a tolerance for tempering or heat strengthening. The invention moreover provides low-emissivity coatings comprising, in order outward from the substrate a first dielectric layer; a first nucleation layer; a first Ag layer; a first barrier layer; a second dielectric layer; a second nucleation layer; a second Ag layer; a second barrier layer; a third dielectric layer; and optionally, a topcoat layer, and methods for depositing such coatings on substrates.

Abstract: A coating which improves the wear performance of a part is described. The coating is applied over an article such as a part or a workpiece using an electroplating process. The coating broadly includes a cobalt material matrix with a hardness of at least 550 HV and a plurality of carbide particles distributed throughout the cobalt material matrix. The cobalt material matrix may be a cobalt-phosphorous alloy. The particles interspersed throughout the matrix may be chrome carbide or silicon carbide particles.

Abstract: A composition for deposition as a coating includes a matrix material having a molten fraction of between about 33% and about 90% by volume and a filler material interspersed within the matrix.

Abstract: A brazing material for brazing tungsten/carbide/cobalt substrates (e.g., wear pads) to substrates comprising titanium or alloys thereof (e.g., fan or compressor blades). The brazing material includes gold, nickel, silver, aluminum, and copper present in respective amounts to provide a post-braze hardness of between 450 and 600 KHN to thereby increase the impact resistance of the braze joint. The substrates may be brazed by induction heating at temperatures less than about 1800° F. (982° C.).

Abstract: A composite article includes a first composite material and a second composite material. The first composite material and the second composite material individually comprise hard particles in a binder. A concentration of ruthenium in the binder of the first composite material is different from a concentration of ruthenium in the binder of the second composite material.

Abstract: A coating composition is described, having a first coating layer which includes a nickel-chromium matrix in which metal carbide particles are dispersed; and a hard, dense second coating layer disposed over the first coating layer. The second coating layer is formed from a metal nitride-type material, and has an average roughness of less than about 80 micro-inches (Ra). Related articles and processes are also disclosed.

Abstract: [Subject] To provide a decorative part having a hardening layer containing Au on the surface, particularly a gold colored decorative part having gloss and color tone inherent in gold, high brightness and high quality. [Means for Problem the Subject] The decorative part of the present invention comprises a substrate and, superimposed on the substrate, a hardening layer wherein the hardening layer comprises a primary layer comprising a nitride, a carbide or a carbonitride of one or two or more metals selected from Ti, Zr and Hf, a finishing layer comprising Au or an Au alloy having an arbitrary composition such as an Au—Ni alloy, an Au—Cu—Pd alloy etc. and, disposed between the primary layer and the finishing layer, a reflecting layer comprising a metal having a higher reflectance than one constituting the finishing layer, such as Ru, Pd, Rh, Ag, Os, Ir pr Pt. Thus, the gold colored decorative part having gloss and color tone inherent in gold, high brightness and high quality can be efficiently prepared.

Abstract: A method of forming a composite overlay compound on a substrate includes forming a mixture including at least one component from a first group of component materials including titanium, chrome, tungsten, vanadium, niobium, and molybdenum. The mixture also includes at least one component from a second group of component materials including carbon and boron, and the mixture further includes at least one component from a third group of component materials including silicon, nickel, and manganese. The mixture of selected component materials is then applied to a substrate material to form an overlay compound on the substrate material. The overlay compound is fused to the substrate to form a metallurgical bond between the substrate material and the overlay compound.

Abstract: A ceramic circuit substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, which has excellent thermal shock tolerance by forming a gap between a circuit pattern section and a ceramic substrate, and has a capability of preventing etchant residue from remaining therein. The ceramic circuit substrate according to the present invention includes patterns of brazing material (8 and 9) formed on the ceramic substrate, and a circuit pattern section jointed to the patterns of brazing material. The patterns of brazing material includes a line pattern along the edge of the circuit pattern. Also, a gap is formed within the line pattern located between the ceramic substrate and the circuit pattern.

Abstract: An arrangement for protecting a substrate against corrosion, including a substrate, in particular a metallic substrate, and an electrically conductive corrosion protection layer applied to the substrate to protect the substrate against corrosion, which layer has a zinc-containing layer which has been applied to the substrate and has a passivation layer which has been applied to the zinc-containing layer for passivating the zinc-containing layer and contains many particles of hard material which have such a nature that the particles of hard material increase the coefficient of friction on a free surface of the passivation layer compared to a conversion layer without particles of hard material but leave the electrical conductivity of the passivation layer essentially unchanged. The invention further relates to a process for producing such an arrangement and a pulley.

Abstract: A coating process for fatigue critical components is provided. The coating process comprises the steps of providing a substrate having a first modulus of elasticity, depositing a layer of a material having a second modulus of elasticity less than the first modulus of elasticity onto the substrate, and depositing a coating over the material layer.

Abstract: A composite utility blade and method of making such a blade involves butt joining a high speed or tool steel wire to a front edge of an alloy steel backing strip. The wire defines a predetermined cross-sectional shape that substantially corresponds to the cross-sectional shape of the cutting edge of the blade. The wire is electron beam welded to the backing strip to form a composite strip defining a first metal portion formed by the alloy steel backing strip, a second metal portion formed by the high speed or tool steel wire, and a weld region joining the first and second metal portions. The composite strip is then annealed, and the annealed strip is straightened to eliminate any camber therein. The annealed composite strip is then hardened such that the first metal portion defines a first surface hardness and the second metal portion defines a second surface hardness greater than the first surface hardness.

Abstract: A component having a ceramic base the surface of which is covered in at least one area by a metalized coating, the ceramic base being spatially structured and the partial discharge resistance between at least two layers of a metalized structure produced from the same or different materials and between the layer of a metalized structure and the ceramic being <20 pC.

Abstract: An article having a thermal barrier coating includes a superalloy substrate having a columnar grained ceramic coat formed thereon. The ceramic coat includes a nanolaminate region comprising repeating layers of ceramic material with each layer being less than 500 nm in thickness, with dispersions of metal oxide doping material situated between each of the layers. The ceramic coat further includes a non-doped region having a thickness greater than 500 nm adjacent to the nanolaminate region, the non-doped region including one layer or a plurality of adjacent layers of ceramic material without dispersions of metal oxide doping material situated between each of the layers. In one embodiment, and by way of example only, a bond coat is formed between the substrate and the columnar grained ceramic coat. According to another embodiment, the superalloy substrate forms an adherent alumina scale, and no bond coat is necessary.

Abstract: A personal ornament having an ornament base article made of a metal or the like; an underlayer, preferably nickel-free, formed on the base article; and a coloring layer constituted of an abrasion-resistant layer of 0.2-1.5 ?m thick formed by dry-plating on the surface of the underlayer and an outermost layer of 0.002-0.1 ?m thick formed by dry-plating on the surface of the abrasion-resistant layer. The coloring layer is a white hard coating film of a stainless-steel color which provides superior quality, high resistance to deterioration of appearance by scratching, and a high-quality image like a stainless steel film.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing metallized aluminum nitride substrate. The method includes: Step A for forming a high-melting point metal layer over a sintered aluminum nitride substrate; Step B for forming over the high-melting point metal layer an intermediate metal layer of at least one selected from the group of: nickel, copper, copper-silver, copper-tin, and gold by plate processing; and Step C for forming a surface metal layer containing silver as a main component over the intermediate metal layer by coating a silver paste whose glass component content is 1 mass % or less and firing under nonoxidizing atmosphere. By this method, it is capable of forming a glass component-free silver layer which is adhered at a high degree of adhesion strength onto the high-melting point metal layer formed over the aluminum nitride substrate as a top face by thick-film method using a silver paste which makes thick-membrane forming easier.

Abstract: A ceramic substrate comprising a metallic layer on its surface, wherein said metallic layer includes: a silver layer containing silver; a gold layer containing gold; and a nickel layer containing nickel, in this order from an outermost layer of said metallic layer.

Abstract: An extreme low resistivity light attenuation anti-reflection coating structure in order to increase transmittance of blue light, includes a substrate and a coating module. The coating module is formed on a front surface of the substrate and composed of a plurality of silicon carbide compound coating layers, a plurality of Al-based oxide coating layers and a plurality of metal coating layers that are alternately stacked onto each other.

Abstract: An electrical component includes a conductive substrate, a tin layer formed on the substrate, and a barrier coating formed on the tin layer to impede tin whisker growth. The barrier coating includes a polymer matrix, and abrasive particles that are dispersed about the matrix.

Abstract: A substrate is coated by applying a first layer atop the substrate and including, in major weight part, a non-refractory first metal. A second layer is applied atop the first layer and includes, in major weight part, a carbide and/or nitride of a second metal. A third layer is applied atop the second layer and comprises, in major weight part, a ceramic. The substrate may be a refractory metal-based investment casting core.

Abstract: A turbomachinery component includes a substrate having a surface, the surface consisting essentially of at least one composite of at least one metal and at least one compound having the chemical formula Mn+1AXn, wherein M is at least one early transition metal selected from groups IIIB, IVB, VB, and VIB, A is at least one element selected from groups IIIA, IVA, VA, VIA, and VIIA, X is one or both of carbon and nitrogen, and n is an integer between 1 and 3. The component is made by compressing a powdered material to form a substrate that consists essentially of the composite and sintering the substrate, or by coating a substrate with the composite.

Abstract: An article and method for stabilization of a nickel-based superalloy coated with a diffusion aluminide coating. The region below the aluminide coating is first carburized to form refractory carbides. The article is cleaned and masked as required so that regions that will not have an aluminide coating are not carburized. After placing the article into a furnace and heating in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to a carburizing temperature, a carburizing gas is introduced, and the near surface region is carburized to a depth of about 100 microns. Refractory carbides are formed in this region. When a diffusion aluminide coating is formed on the article, the refractory elements, being present as refractory carbides, are not available to form detrimental TCP phases.

Abstract: A composite structure for microlithography, in particular a holding device for a wafer, has two or more components, the surfaces of which are bonded together at least at one bond. At least one of the components consists of cordierite (Mg2Al4Si5O18) or of silicon carbide (SiC). Also disclosed is an optical arrangement, in particular a projection illumination apparatus for microlithography, having at least one such composite structure, preferably a wafer stage.

Abstract: An exemplary core insert includes a main body having a central protruding portion and a peripheral flange portion surrounding the central protruding portion, and a multilayer film formed on the central protruding portion. The multilayer film includes a nickel-phosphorus layer formed on the central protruding portion, a chromium layer formed on the nickel-phosphorus layer, a chromium nitride layer formed on the chromium layer, and a diamond-like carbon layer formed on the chromium nitride layer. The core insert has excellent hardness, good corrosion resistance, good wear resistance, high adhesion, and a long operational lifetime.

Abstract: A silicon oxycarbide coating remains hydrophilic for a significantly longer period of time, on the order of several months, when both (i) the coating index of refraction is 1.70 or more and (ii) the coating thickness is 350 ? or more.

Abstract: An Al—AlN composite material, a heat exchanger and a related manufacturing method are disclosed. The Al—AlN composite material aluminum is manufactured by melting aluminum to allow a layer of melted aluminum to flow in an area over one surface of an AlN plate under an inactive gas atmosphere after which the layer of melted aluminum is solidified to form an Al plate bonded to the AlN plate. The heat exchanger includes the Al—AlN composite material forming at least part of a cooling medium flow passage with the AlN plate held in thermal contact with a heating body. The manufacturing method comprises melting aluminum to allow a layer of melted aluminum to flow in an area over one surface of an AlN plate under inactive gas atmosphere, and solidifying the layer of melted aluminum to form the Al plate bonded to the AlN plate.

Abstract: It is disclosed a method of deposting a seal coating and a seal system comprising at least two layers on the surface of an article. The upper or surface layer has a higher chromium activity than a bottom layer to reduce a diffusion of cobalt and the formation of cobalt oxide is reduced. The coating of invention may be heat-treated to reduce or optimize the formation of cobalt oxide to sustin the wear property.

Abstract: An uncoated cutting tool that comprises a body containing a pocket. A polycrystalline cubic boron nitride blank has a cutting tip. The blank is brazed into the pocket using a braze alloy whereby there is a braze joint between the body and the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride blank. The braze alloy has a liquidus temperature of at least about 900 degrees Centigrade wherein the braze alloy is selected from the group comprising a nickel-gold braze alloy containing nickel and gold, a copper-gold braze alloy containing copper and gold, a silver-titanium braze alloy containing silver and titanium, and a silver-palladium braze alloy containing silver and palladium.

Abstract: Vapour turbine operating with geothermal vapours containing corrosive agents or aggressive substances such as chlorides and/or sulfides in particular. The turbine comprises a series of stator blades and a series of rotor blades, each stator blade of the series of stator blades comprises a surfacing consisting of a nickel alloy containing a quantity of nickel ranging from 54% to 58% by weight to avoid the washing of the geothermal vapours, at the same time maintaining a high useful life of the series of stator blades and vapour turbine.

Abstract: A method for diffusing titanium and nitride into a sports equipment component. The method generally includes the steps of providing a sports equipment component providing a salt bath which includes sodium dioxide and a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium cyanate and potassium cyanate; dispersing metallic titanium formed by electrolysis of a titanium compound in the bath, heating the salt bath to a temperature ranging from about 430° C. to about 670° C.; and soaking the sports equipment component in the salt bath for a time of from about 10 minutes to about 24 hours. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the sports equipment component may further be treated with conventional surface treatments or coatings.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cemented carbide tool containing tungsten carbide, titanium carbide, nickel and cobalt, molybdenum and chromium. The composition of the materials provides a good resistance to corrosion as well as high hardness and wear resistance. These properties are particularly interesting for the manufacture of tools for coldforming operations. Cold forming tools made with these materials have steady performance over a long period of time.

Abstract: An ?-Al2O3 coated cutting tool insert combining a cemented carbide with a binder phase enriched surface zone and a textured ?-Al2O3-layer is disclosed. The ?-Al2O3 layer has a thickness ranging from about 2-9 ?m and is composed of columnar grains having a length/width ratio from about 2-12. It is characterised by a strong (104) growth texture and by low intensity of the (012), (110) and (113) diffraction peaks. The textured ?-Al2O3 is preferably deposited on an MTCVD Ti(C,N) layer having a thickness from about 2-10 ?m. When the alumina layer is the uppermost layer, it may be wet-blasted to an Ra value of <about 1 ?m, giving the tool a black and shiny appearance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool insert and a texture-hardened ?-Al2O3 layer to be used in metal machining. The alumina layer is characterised by the improved toughness and it adheres to the substrate covering all functional parts thereof. The coating is composed of one or more refractory layers of which at least one layer is a texture-hardened ?-Al2O3 having a thickness ranging from 2 to 20 ?m being composed of columnar grains with a length/width ratio of 2 to 12. The ?-Al2O3 exhibits a strong (0006) diffraction peak. The improved wear resistance and toughness can be obtained when the texture coefficient (TC) for the (0006) reflection is larger than 1.33 ln h+2, where h is the ?-Al2O3 layer thickness and when the surface of the ?-Al2O3 layer is wet-blasted to an Ra-value<1 ?m. The alumina layer with a strong (0001) texture is applied on Binder phase enriched cemented carbide substrates. This combination contributes to enhanced wear resistance and toughness.

Abstract: The method allows the production of a cermet coating which is composed of chromium carbide particles embedded in a nickel-chromium matrix, produced by thermal spraying on titanium alloys, which avoids the oxidation and the diffusion of oxygen therein at temperatures of up to 700° C. Additionally, a ceramic layer is deposited on the cermet coating which acts as thermal barrier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coated cutting tool inserts particularly useful for heavy roughing turning operations of very large steel components, such as drive shafts for ships and shafts for wind power plants. The inserts are large with an iC, inscribed circle diameter, of greater than or equal to about 19 mm and a thickness of greater than or equal to about 6 mm with a composition of from about 5 to about 10 wt-% Co, from about 5 to about 12 wt-% cubic carbides or carbonitrides of the metals Ti, Ta and/or Nb, and balance WC with a stratified binder phase enriched surface zone from about 15 to about 40 ?m thick. The inserts have an edge rounding before coating of 35-95 ?m. The coating comprises a first, innermost layer of TiCxNyOz and a total thickness from about 0.1 to about 1.5 ?m, a second layer of TiCxNy with a thickness of from about 4.5 to about 9.5 ?m with columnar grains, a third layer of TiCxNyOz with a thickness of from about 0.3 to about 1.

Abstract: The surface coated member comprises a substrate and a hard coating layer coated on the surface of the substrate. The hard coating layer comprises a lower layer composed of at least one layer and an upper layer composed of at least one layer and coated on the surface of the lower layer. When FU stands for a peeling load under which the upper layer starts to peel away from the surface of the lower layer and FL stands for a peeling load under which the lower layer starts to peel away from the surface of the substrate, the ratio (FL/FU) is 1.1 to 30. Thereby, it is possible to obtain a surface coated member that has excellent toughness and high fracture resistance, and that can be applied to a long life tool having excellent fracture resistance even under severe cutting conditions such as metal cutting, e.g., steel cutting and interrupted cutting of cast iron that bring a strong impact on a tool's cutting edge. It is also possible to maintain excellent fracture resistance and increase resistance to wear.

Abstract: The present invention discloses coated inserts particularly useful for milling of compacted graphite iron under wet conditions at moderate cutting speeds comprising a cemented carbide body and a coating. The cemented carbide body comprises WC, from about 7.3 to about 7.9 wt-% Co and from about 1.0 to about 1.8 wt-% cubic carbides of Ta and Nb and a highly W-alloyed binder phase. The radius of the uncoated cutting edge is from about 25 to about 45 ?m. The coating comprises: a first, less than about 1 ?m, TiCxNyOz layer adjacent to the cemented carbide having a composition of x+y=1, x is greater than or equal to 0; a second, from about 1 to about 2 ?m, TiCxNyOz layer having a composition of x greater than about 0.4, y greater than about 0.4 and z is less than about 0.1 and equal to or greater than zero; a third, less than about 1 ?m, TiCxNyOz layer having a composition of x+y+z greater than or equal to about 1 and z greater than about 0; an ?-Al2O3-layer with a thickness of from about 2.1 to about 3.

Abstract: The invention includes pieces of ceramic armor, methods of joining a carbide with a metal-comprising piece, and methods of metallizing carbide-comprising surfaces. In one implementation, a method of joining a carbide with a metal-comprising piece includes providing a mixture comprising (a) and (b) over a carbide-comprising surface of a substrate, where (a) comprises at least one of niobium and titanium, and (b) comprises silicon. The mixture is heated over the carbide-comprising surface at least to the melting temperatures (a) and (b). The melted mixture is solidified into an adherent layer on the substrate. A metal-based joining material is provided over the adherent layer. Metal of a metal-comprising piece is welded to the substrate with the metal-based joining material.

Abstract: A multilayer hard coating for tools for machining applications with a multilayer structure for improving the wear resistance of workpieces includes at least one (AlyCr1-y)X layer (0.2?y?0.7), wherein X is one of the following elements N, C, B, CN, BN, CBN, NO, CO, BO, CNO, BNO, CBNO, but preferably N or CN, and/or a (TizSi1-z) layer (0.1?z?0.3). The hard coating also includes at least one layer stack with one (AlCrTiSi)X mixed layer, followed by another (TizSi1-z)X layer, followed by another (AlCrTiSi)X mixed layer, followed by another (AlyCr1-y)X layer.

Abstract: A composite material according to the present invention, is composed of SiC, SiO2, at least one out of Al and Si, with He leak rate of 1.3×10?10 Pa·m3/sec or below, thereby providing a composite material, which has a higher vacuum air-tightness, an excellent thermal conductivity, an adjustable coefficient of thermal expansion, small variation in strength and higher reliability, and a method for manufacturing the composite material, and a wafer holding member including the composite material.

Abstract: Interconnect structures possessing an organosilicate glass based material for 90 nm and beyond BEOL technologies in which a multilayer hardmask using a line-first approach are described. The interconnect structure of the invention achieves respective improved device/interconnect performance and affords a substantial dual damascene process window owing to the non-exposure of the OSG material to resist removal plasmas and because of the alternating inorganic/organic multilayer hardmask stack. The latter feature implies that for every inorganic layer that is being etched during a specific etch step, the corresponding pattern transfer layer in the field is organic and vice-versa.

Abstract: Embodiments of a coated substrate (for example, a coated race land region of a roller bearing element) comprise a metallic substrate, a ceramic underlayer comprising a nitride, a carbide, a carbonitride, a boride, or combinations thereof disposed over the metallic substrate, and a mixed layer comprising titanium nitride and silver disposed over the ceramic underlayer; and an overlayer disposed over the mixed layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hardfacing alloy capable of withstanding service abrasion of the order of silicious earth particles and weldable on industrial products, such as tool joints and stabilizers used in oil and gas well drilling, and other industrial products. The hardfacing alloy has a low coefficient of friction resulting from excellent metal to metal resistance and significant reduction in industrial wear on industrial products, such as casing wear. Other embodiments of the invention include tool joints having the hardbanding alloy welded to the outer cylindrical surface to its box and pin members and to stabilizer ribs on the stabilizer used in earth boring, such as boring for oil and gas, other industrial products, and methods of applying the hardfacing alloy to their surfaces.