A type of polymer material that is both elastic and viscous, or viscoelastic. Elastomers are elastic because they distort when a load is applied but return to their original shape when the load is removed. They are viscous because they resist distortion when a load is applied.
The term is a shortening of the term elastic polymer. Rubber and synthetic rubber are elastomers. Many additive manufacturing processes can create parts with elastomer materials with a variety of stiffnesses.
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