Numerous works concerning the chemical resistance of fiberglass plastics have been reported, while little information is available on the corrosion behavior under stressing. In this study, conventional immersion tests and creep-rupture tests in various chemical environments were made to correlate both test results and also to clarify the effects of stress and other factors on the corrosion behavior and the mechanism. The materials tested consisted of mainly a vinyl ester resin and E-glass chopped strand mat (G. C. 60wt%). Corrosive environments used were H
2O and NaCl, HCl, H
2SO
4 and NaOH solutions. As a result of testing, some correlations were found between immersion and creep-rupture tests, and two or three stage degradation mechanisms were recognized. However, the transition time (t
k) from the first degradation stage to the second one was remarkably affected by the stressing. Therefore, the effect is important from the designing points of view. To investigate the degradation mechanisms, weight measurements, scanning electron microscopy and infrared technique were further made. The first mechanism depends on the physical degradation by swelling and the hydrolysis of resin matrix. In the second mechanism, the degradation of the glass-resin interface becomes dominant. Then, t
k suggests the initiation of chemical degradation at the interface.
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