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The Young\u2019s modulus, ultimate stress and toughness of the samples were obtained and plotted as a function of the temperature, and strain in pre-stretching in the contour format. The influence of aging was revealed when the contours of different aging times were compared. One of the most interesting findings was that the toughness of this PMMA can be tailored via controlling the temperature and strain in pre-stretching. The toughness of the pre-stretched samples ranged from 1.317 MJ\/m3 to 23.281 MJ\/m3 (without aging) and from 1.476 MJ\/m3 to 27.532 MJ\/m3 (after three months of aging). 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