A connection is shown to exist between the ability of corrosion inhibitors to prevent hydrogen-induced and corrosive-mechanical wear and the alloying of metal surfaces under static and dynamic conditions through the use of oil-soluble surfactants containing alloying metals and other elements that can form a chemisoptive film of appreciable thickness. Literature data is presented on the properties of oil-soluble compounds containing cations of alloying metals. The level of the functional properties of heteroorganic surfactants based on sulfonates is described.