elastic recovery

English

Noun

elastic recovery (uncountable)

1. (materials science) The ability of a material to return to its original size after being stretched or compressed, as opposed to becoming permanently deformed or shattering.
   • 2023 August 3, “Scientists propose method that imparts elastic recovery to ferroelectric materials”, in Phys.org‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-10-09:

     After stress is relieved, however, conventional ferroelectric materials exhibit poor elastic recovery—typically less than 2%, thus tend to be either brittle (ferroelectric ceramics) or plastic (ferroelectric polymers).