TY - JFULL AU - R. El Abdi and A. D. Rujinski and R. M. Boumbimba and M. Poulain PY - 2013/6/ TI - Behavior of Optical Fiber Aged in CTAC Solutions T2 - International Journal of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering SP - 299 EP - 303 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/11361 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 77, 2013 N2 - The evolution of silica optical fiber strength aged in cetyltrimethylammonium chloride solution (CTAC) has been investigated. If the solution containing surfactants presents appreciable changes in physical and chemical properties at the critical micelle concentration (CMC), a non negligible mechanical behavior fiber change is observed for silica fiber aged in cationic surfactants as CTAC which can lead to optical fiber reliability questioning. The purpose of this work is to study the mechanical behavior of silica coated and naked optical fibers in contact with CTAC solution at different concentrations. Result analysis proves that the immersion in CTAC drastically decreases the fiber strength and specially near the CMC point. Beyond CMC point, a small increase of fiber strength is analyzed and commented. ER -