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Why is rubber band a solid although it changes its shape when stretched?

Because that molecules that make up the rubber band are solid at room temperature, because of the energy needed to break those bonds to make a liquid or gas is more than available at room temperature.

The way that the bonds are structured between the atoms enables the stretching to occur.

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