What is happening on a molecular level when an elastic stretches? Why are some substances elastic but others are not?

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What is happening on a molecular level when an elastic stretches? Why are some substances elastic but others are not?

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Molecules like to hug. Some molecules have really long arms so when you try and pull them apart, they can keep holding on to each other. Others have really short arms so when you pull on them they let go right away.

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