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Elasticity

Ifanexternalforceisappliedtoamaterial,itcausesdeformationinmolecularstructureofthatmaterial.

Byremovingthisforce,materialturnsitsoriginalshapeswecallthisprocessaselasticityofmaterial.It

istheabilityofreturningitsoriginalshapeafterremovingtheappliedstress.Elasticitycanbeexplained

bytheHookesLaw.Inotherwords,amountofcompressionorstretchingisdirectlyproportionaltothe

appliedforce.However,untilcertainpointunderappliedforcematerialsregaintheiroriginalshapes.

Thiscertainpointiscalledelasticlimitofthatmaterial.Itisspecificforeachmaterialanddistinguishing

propertyofsolidmatters.Lookatthegivenpictures.Youseetheelasticityofthespringandrubber.

Forcesareappliedandattimet,theyarecompressedbytheexternalforces,however,afterremovingthe

forcestheyregaintheiroriginalshapeattime2t.

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Wecansaythatforces,appliedtothespringandrubber,arebelowtheelasticlimitofthesematerials.If

theyarenotbelowtheselimitsrubberandspringarepermanentlydistorted.Picturegivenbelowshows

theexampleofthissituation.

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