Eli5: What determines whether an object can bounce or not?

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Is the material an object is made out of more important? Or also what material the ball comes into contact with also important? (throwing a ball down on concrete vs throwing it on grass)

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Pretty sure bouncing also takes into account the inverse, non-elastic hitting an elastic surface like a trampoline.

No reason you can’t create a soft sprung surface that would bounce an egg.

It would not have the elasticity to support anything bigger thou which would snap it.

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