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Which is more elastic, steel or rubber? Why?

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Steel, Because, modulus of rigidity `=( "Stress")/( "Strain")` . Consider a steel and rubber wire of equal length and equal cross-section area. If the same force is applied to both, then strain of rubber is more, i.e., its elasticity its less or steel is more elastic.
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