Duro-Chrome has been able to produce a diamond-dispersed chromium matrix composite coating for wear and corrosion ressistance by utilizing an ultra high dispersion of nanometer sized, spherical shaped diamond particales. Their unique shape allows them to perform like ball bearings and are not designed to abrade material. The diamonds carbon conductivity significantly improves the cluster formation process, especially in chromium plating with a cluster structure.

When introduced into the electrlyte, these nanometer sized diamond particles act as a catalyst increasng the ionization of the chrome, forcing the chrome ions to surround each of the diamond particles to form a crystallization center. By creating an extremely high number of these crystallization centers (up to 5 x 10 6 1/cm2) allow the excessive electric current to be maintained during the plating process creating the massive multi-crystallization process.

Due to the excessive ionization of diamond catalysis super small structural fragments are formed, so there are no microscopic voids in the surface, unlike conventional plating processes. As a result, a dense super hard diamond dispersed chromium comoposite coating increases the surface hardness while significantly reducing friction and corrosion.