The present invention relates to glassy inorganic films, characterized by
a high chemical stability and a high adhesion, containing, among the
others, titanium dioxide, employable to coat metal surfaces characterized
by the presence of oxides, particularly stainless steel sheets. The
coated structures obtained thereby, which are the second object of the
present invention, are used to build many articles such as pipes,
reactors, exchangers, containers, and so on. With reference to the
peculiar case of stainless steel structures coated by the above film,
these ones can be used in the food industry since that film coated
article shows specific and very high photobactericide properties.