Bouncing balls: An illustration of the viscoelasticity and temperature dependent behavior of polymers

Why are we playing with rubber bouncing balls when we are kids ? Can metal or ‘plastic’ balls bounce as well ? And why do squash players warm up their balls before starting the game ? Let us have a little of recreation time bouncing balls and answer these questions. For that, some polymer balls are made in lab. The polymer is an...
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