the more you stretch a rubber band.... the more elastic potential energy it has?
would this be the same if someone hypothetically stretched your intestines?

ty!

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the more you stretch a rubber band.... the more elastic potential energy it has?
would this be the same if someone hypothetically stretched your intestines?

ty!

anonymous · Answer

Anything that has elastic properties will have this effect of storing potential energy.

anonymous · Answer

so the more you stretch... the more EPE it has?

anonymous · Answer

That's correct.

anonymous · Answer

but be care, if you stretch too much, the energy will be released, leading the material to a failure, a rupture. Before even the failure, the energy is absorbed by the material thanks to inelastic deformations within the material itself.