ACF Received The “Excellence in Business” Award From The Idaho Small Business Development Center (SBDC)ACF Received The “Excellence in Business” Award From The Idaho Small Business Development Center (SBDC)ACF Received The “Excellence in Business” Award From The Idaho Small Business Development Center (SBDC)ACF Received The “Excellence in Business” Award From The Idaho Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
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      Samarium Carbide/Carbon Fiber

      • Rare earth magnetics

      Erbium Carbide/Carbon Fiber

      • Rare earth magnetics

      Gadolinium Carbide/Carbon Fiber

      • Rare earth magnetics

      Praseodymium Carbide/Carbon Fiber

      • rare earth magnetics

      Dysprosium Carbide/Carbon Fiber

      • Rare earth magnetics

      Neodymium Carbide/Carbon Fiber

      • Batteries – electric vehicles

      Yttrium Carbide/Carbon Fiber

      • Superconducting

      Lanthanum Carbide/Carbon Fiber

        • Battery electrodes, cracking catalysis for oil refineries

      Vanadium Carbide/Carbon Fiber

      • 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.

      Tantalum Carbide/Carbon Fiber

      • Normally very dense (14.3 g/cm3) but lighter with a carbon core
      • High-temperature material (3880 C vaporizes)
      • Near diamond hardness

      Hafnium Carbide

      • 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

      Titanium Carbide/Carbon Fiber

      • Wettable by aluminum (possible reinforcing material)
      • Near diamond hardness
      • High temperature (3065 C melt)
      • Low density (4.94 g/cm3)
      • Inexpensive metals source

      Silicon Carbide/Carbon Fiber

      • Low density (3.16 g/cm3)
      • High-temperature material (2830 C vaporizes)
      • Near diamond hardness
      • Can have either conductive or insulative electrical properties