Some people do it much better than others do. We literally spent well over a year searching the world for alloy suppliers. When we finally a company that could supply the kind of quality we wanted it turned out that we had done some work on diamond coating research with a different division of the same company. The metals that go into an alloy are only part of what determines the quality of the alloy. Time, temperature, number of steps, kind of steps, quality of ingredients also determine the quality.
Catalysts speed up or slow down chemical reactions without being part of the reaction.
Talonite is superior because it is made using more sophisticated chemistry. A catalytic additive can give an alloy smaller carbide grains, which makes it more wear resistant. S. Union Ave.