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'Creep' is the problem

Any soft polymer will slowly deform under constant pressure over time ... so will glass. Thats why they're called 'plastics', they 'flow' and dont 'rebound' under the right conditions - the term plastic deformation (reduced 'rebound') as opposed to elastic deformation (complete 'rebound'). In actuality plastics are a semi-solid and can be considered as a 'specialized liquid' state rather than a 'true solid'.

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