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METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PROTECTIVE COATINGS ON THE SURFACE OF CHEMICALLY ACTIVE MATERIALS EP 1434664 (Konstantin Technologies GmbH) Chuntonov, K. Surface has two metals, one chemically active (A), the other a low-melting metal (B), and these are mixed. This is then treated with an etch to selectively dis- solve A, leaving almost pure B on the surface.

HYBRID INORGANIC~ORGANIC COLOR EFFECT MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION THEREOF EP 1434822 (Engelhard Corp.) Fuller, D.S.; Zimmerman, C.J. A color effect material is composed of a plurality of encapsulated substrate platelets in which each platelet is encapsulated with a first layer, which

acts as a reflector to incident light, a visibly t ransparent second organic layer encapsulating the first layer in which the second layer provides an optically variable reflection of light impinging thereon, and a third layer encapsulating the sec- ond layer and being selectively t ransparent to incident light.

HARD ~ATERIAL LAYER EP 1434900 (Siemens AG) Krueger, U.; Schiewe, H., et al. The hard layer is a zirconium oxynitride. This includes a zirconium-, nitrogen-, and oxygen-con- taining phase.

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