玻璃具有硬而易碎，具有很好的透明性以及耐高温、耐腐蚀等性能；同时钢铁很硬并且不易碎，也具有耐高温的特点。于是人们开始想，如果能制造一种既具有玻璃的硬度、耐高温、抗腐蚀的性质，又具有钢铁一样坚硬不碎的特点，那这种材料一定会大有用途。人们经过研究试验，终于制出了这样一种复合材料。它，就是能与钢铁比肩而立的玻璃钢管。
Glass is hard and fragile, has good transparency, high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance and other properties; at the same time, steel is very hard and not fragile, but also has the characteristics of high temperature resistance. So people began to think that if we can make a kind of glass with hardness, high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, but also with the characteristics of steel as hard and unbreakable, then this material will be of great use. After research and experiment, people finally produced such a composite material. It is a fiberglass steel pipe that can stand shoulder to shoulder with steel.