2007-10-01 00:12:31 · 4 answers · asked by CuTe E 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
as elastic limit is not reached
2007-10-01 06:13:44 · answer #1 · answered by Paula84 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rubber is stretchy because of entropy or disorder.There is an important law of physics, called the Second Law of Thermodynamics which says that a system will move from a state of order to a state of disorder. Rubber molecules are polymers in a long arranged in a long chain. When it is unsteched it is in a tangled disorder. Streching it makes it makes the chains aligned. when the rubber band is let go it becomes disordered again.
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2007-10-01 16:09:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A rubber band WILL break if it is stretched beyond the point of it's elasticity.
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2007-10-01 18:05:05 · answer #3 · answered by emt_me911 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Breaks if elastic limit is crossed.
2007-10-01 08:33:48 · answer #4 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋