“…Accordingly, besides E glass fibers, which cover up to 90% of the market provisions for the production of fiber-reinforced polymers, other types of glass fibers were developed such as C fibers, with high resistance to acids, S fibers, with high modulus and high strength or alkali-resistant fibers, AR fibers, to mention only the most common ones. 1 Yet, there are applications of advanced composite materials which would require low cost glass fibers with improved properties, for instance, higher modulus for armor or blades for wind turbines, 2 higher temperature capabilities for metal/ceramic matrix composites, and better chemical resistance, especially in highly basic environments for concrete reinforcement. For this last application, the commercial alkali-resistant glass fibers (AR fibers) are quite expensive due to the high ZrO 2 content (≥ 16wt%), which implies higher melting and drawing temperatures.…”