In February, 2016 ACF received the "Excellence in Business" Award for 2016 by the Idaho Small Business Development Center. The award was given during the Small Business Development Center's 30 Anniversary luncheon held in Boise, Idaho. State Senator Dean Mortimer, R-Idaho Falls, presented the Region VI award during the luncheon. Ken Koller, ACF's President/COO accepted the award for the company.
• Density: VC has a higher density (5.77 gm/cc). VC/C is light-weight 2.5 to 4 gm/cc with carbon core: VC conversion layer is near diamond hardness
• High-temperature material (2730 C melt)
• Key feature: VC is wettable by iron and steel in alloys. VC nano used in grain boundary refinement steels.
• Normally very dense (14.3 g/cm3) but lighter with a carbon core
• High-temperature material (3880 C vaporizes)
• Near diamond hardness
• HFC layer is near diamond hardness
• High-temperature material (3900 C melt)
• Density: VC has a higher density (12.2 gm/cc). TaC/C is light-weight 2.5 to 4 gm/cc with carbon core
• Key feature: High-temperature stability. Forms mixture with TaC
• Wettable by aluminum (possible reinforcing material)
• Near diamond hardness
• High temperature (3065 C melt)
• Low density (4.94 g/cm3)
• Inexpensive metals source
• Low density (3.16 g/cm3)
• High-temperature material (2830 C vaporizes)
• Near diamond hardness
• Can have either conductive or insulative electrical properties