Can all substances have elastic potential energy?

Can metals, for instance, if slightly malleable have elastic potential energy?

1 Answer
Eddie
Feb 10, 2017

Metals can have elastic PE. Eg springs are generally made of metal.

Explanation:

Sure, metals can have elastic PE. Springs are generally made of metal!

I think malleability is the wrong way to look at it. That suggests the opposite, namely that the deformation is permanent.

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