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Water uptake tests, mechanical tests (0\u00b0\/90\u00b0 tensile, flexural, short-beam shear), and SEM micro-characterization of surface and fracture morphologies were performed to compare the performance degradation and interfacial deterioration of the two systems under salt spray conditions, and the residual strength was predicted using the median strength aging equation model. The results show that unaged CF\/PMMA exhibits higher initial mechanical properties than carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy composites (CF\/Epoxy) and lower equilibrium water uptake due to fewer polar groups in the salt spray aging process. After 960 h of aging, CF\/PMMA retains better mechanical properties (retention rates: 68.19%, 78.94%, 84.03%, and 76.28% in 0\u00b0 tensile, 90\u00b0 tensile, flexural, and shear strengths, respectively) than CF\/Epoxy. Based on the life prediction model, under the artificial accelerated salt spray aging test condition and with 50% strength retention as the failure threshold, the predicted tensile and shear service lives are 99.05 days and 389.06 days, respectively. This study elucidates the salt spray aging mechanism of PMMA-based thermoplastic carbon fiber composites, providing a reference for their marine engineering applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma19183968","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,21]],"date-time":"2026-09-21T17:23:17Z","timestamp":1790011397000},"page":"3968","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Salt Spray Aging Behavior and Life Prediction of Thermoplastic Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Poly(methyl methacrylate) Composites"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Xiaofeng","family":"Guo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450007, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"validation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-original-draft","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Shiyun","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450007, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"software","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"validation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"formal-analysis","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"data-curation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-original-draft","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"visualization","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Guangtao","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450007, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"formal-analysis","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Yifan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450007, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"formal-analysis","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-5760-723X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jianmin","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Longzihu New Energy Laboratory, Zhengzhou Institute of Emerging Industrial Technology, Zhengzhou 450000, China"},{"name":"Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"validation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"project-administration","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"funding-acquisition","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"570","DOI":"10.1016\/j.compstruct.2013.08.036","article-title":"On the influence of filling level in CFRP aircraft fuel tank subjected to high velocity impacts","volume":"107","author":"Varas","year":"2014","journal-title":"Compos. 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