would inelastic (infinitely rigid) materials bounce off eachother?

Subject: would inelastic (infinitely rigid) materials bounce off eachother?

Date: Thu Dec 26 20:29:40 2002
Posted by richard
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: No school entered.
City: bay point State/Province: ca Country: usa
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1040952580.Ph

Message:


 If two inelastic balls collided "dead on",what mechanism would cause the 
rebound? Elastic materials would store energy by compression, but how would a 
nonelastic material store energy?

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