It is the general name of rubber-like polymer materials having high tensile strength that stretch when pulled and can quickly return to their original size.

 

The abbreviated form of the term “elastic polymer” is elastomeric.

 

It is a polymer with high flexibility. Rubber is an elastomer, In addition to its with its great flexibility and suitability for deformation. On the other hand, plastic materials that are suitable for deformation but cannot take their original form on their own are not elastomers. For this reason, elastomers are generally characterized by the type of flexibility rather than by their greatly varying degree of flexibility.

 

Many synthetic elastomers can be used instead of rubber, which is a natural elastomer.