6 FUEL-CELL ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS AND FUEL-CELL ENERGY STORAGE PRODUCTS, NAMELY, METAL HYDRIDE-BASED POWDERS AND CARDON BASED NANO- TUBE MATERIALS COMPRISED OF CARBON AND BORON, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ENHANCED ENERGY DENSITY BY VOLUME OR WEIGHT FOR VEHICULAR OR LAND-BASED FUEL CELL SYSTEMS, MONOLITHIC MATERIALS, POWER MATERIALS, AND FUNCTIONALLY-GRADED MATERIALS, NAMELY, VESSELS, VALVES, PUMPS, PIPING AND TUBING, LAND AND AERO TURBINE BLADES, CUTTING TOOLS, METAL FORMING TOOLS, EXTRUSION TOOLS, GEARS, COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPONENTS, AND MINING TOOLS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING SUPERIOR RESISTANCE TO WEAR, ABRASION, EROSION, ABLATION, CORROSION, OR OTHER FORMS OF MATERIAL DEGRADATION AND FOR PROVIDING ENGINEERED ENHANCEMENTS IN CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, OR MECHANICAL MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF THE SURFACE AND BULK, WHICH ARE USED TO MANUFACTURE OR TREAT INDUSTRIAL HARDWARE, NAMELY, FLUID, STORAGE, TRANSPORT AND CONTROL PRODUCTS, NAMELY, VESSELS, VALVES, PUMP, PIPING AND TUBING, LAND AND AERO TURBINE BLADES, CUTTING TOOLS, METAL FORMING TOOLS, EXTRUSION TOOLS, GEARS, COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPONENTS, AND MINING TOOLS, COATINGS AND SURFACE MODIFIERS MADE OF POLYMER METAL, ALLOY, INTERMETALLIC, CERAMIC, COMPOSITE, FUNCTIONALLY-GRADED MATERIALS, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUPERIOR RESISTANCE TO WEAR, ABRASION, EROSION, ABLATION, CORROSION, OR OTHER FORMS OF MATERIAL DEGRADATION AND FOR PROVIDING ENGINEERED ENHANCEMENTS IN CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL OR MECHANICAL MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF SURFACE AND BULK WHICH ARE USED TO MANUFACTURE OR TREAT INDUSTRIAL HARDWARE, NAMELY, FLUID STORAGE, TRANSPORT AND CONTROL PRODUCTS, NAMELY, VESSELS, VALVES, PUMPS, PIPING AND TUBING, LAND AND AERO TURBINE BLADES, CUTTING TOOLS, METAL FORMING TOOLS, EXTRUSION TOOLS, METAL FORMING TOOLS, EXTRUSION TOOLS, GEARS, COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPONENTS AND MINING TOOLS