What is Elastic material. Give an example.
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Elasticity is the tendency of solid materials to return to their original shape after forces are applied on them. When the forces are removed, the object will return to its initial shape and size if the material is elastic.
So that it means almost all materials have the elastic property, even glass also one of the example for elastic material up to certain extent, then materials are mud brick, iron rod, brass/aluminum plates, cotton cloth, plastic.
Practically everything around us in elastic to certain extent.The most elastic body found so far in modern science is quartz fibre.Apart from that elastomers are the class of polymer materials with high elastic nature and they include natural rubbers,nitrile rubbers etc.
Metals are also elastic to certain degree. In metals the atomic lattice changes size and shape when forces are applied i.e.energy is added to the system. When these forces are removed the lattice goes back to the original lower energy State...