{"id":113,"date":"2018-03-28T19:20:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T19:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/?p=113"},"modified":"2018-03-28T19:21:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T19:21:38","slug":"what-are-billiard-balls-made-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/28\/what-are-billiard-balls-made-of\/","title":{"rendered":"What are billiard balls made of?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<header id=\"masthead\" class=\"site-header\" role=\"banner\">\n<div class=\"custom-header\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"custom-header-media\">\n<div id=\"wp-custom-header\" class=\"wp-custom-header\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/wp-content\/themes\/twentyseventeen\/assets\/images\/header.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Billards and Bar Tools\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"site-branding\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"site-branding-text\">\n<p class=\"site-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Billards and Bar Tools<\/font><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"site-description\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Where Billiards Players Meet the Proper Instruments<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .site-branding-text --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .wrap -->\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .site-branding --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .custom-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"navigation-top\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<nav id=\"site-navigation\" class=\"main-navigation\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Top Menu\">\n\t<button class=\"menu-toggle\" aria-controls=\"top-menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><br \/>\n\t\t<svg class=\"icon icon-bars\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-bars\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"#icon-bars\"><\/use> <\/svg><svg class=\"icon icon-close\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-close\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"#icon-close\"><\/use> <\/svg><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Menu\t<\/font><\/font><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"menu-top-menu-container\">\n<ul id=\"top-menu\" class=\"menu\">\n<li id=\"menu-item-18\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-18\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">home<\/font><\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-19\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">About<\/font><\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current_page_parent menu-item-20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Blog<\/font><\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-21\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-21\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Contact<\/font><\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<p><!-- #site-navigation -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .wrap -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .navigation-top --><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p><!-- #masthead --><\/p>\n<div class=\"site-content-contain\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\">\n\t\t<main id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-113\" class=\"post-113 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-billiards\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"posted-on\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Posted on<\/font><\/font><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2018-03-28T19:20:50+00:00\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">March 28, 2018<\/font><\/font><\/time><\/a><\/span><span class=\"byline\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">by <\/font><\/font><span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">scwbta132<\/font><\/font><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">What are billiard balls made of?<\/font><\/font><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">By <\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"bold\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">David Mu\u00f1oz<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Always willing to hold our blows, dancing on the table, bouncing in the bands and end up in the pockets. <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">So goes the life of a billiard ball, whose fate is always in our hands &#8230; and our tacos. <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">These so perfect and resistant areas that never get tired of shooting are the protagonists of today&#8217;s article, because every billiard player should know what they are made of billiard balls.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pool balls\" src=\"https:\/\/www.poolmania.es\/recursos\/gestor\/blog\/de que estan hechas las bolas de billar.jpg\" alt=\"Pool balls\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The <\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">first billiard balls<\/font><\/font><\/a><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> were ivory. <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">With an elephant tusk could make just three or four balls in a lengthy process, so it ended up <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">being very costly. <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The high price coupled with the fragility and little homogeneity of the balls made thus forced to look for <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">another more affordable material.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">An American inventor, <\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">John Hyatt<\/font><\/font><\/a><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> , found in 1860 a great substitute for ivory nitrocellulose. <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Mixing alcohol with a plastic material to manufacture much cheaper balls was achieved. <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The problem was that the material was like wildfire and a strong hit could make it explode.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Half a <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">century later, the chemist <\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Leo Baekeland<\/font><\/font><\/a><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> invented <\/font><\/font><strong><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Bakelite<\/font><\/font><\/strong><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> , the type of <\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">phenolic resin<\/font><\/font><\/a><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> with which most of billiard balls today are manufactured (though also used for its great advantages: it is very resistant to heat, it is cheaper and it allows for perfectly spherical, highly impact resistant and less dirty balls.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bille-Ouberte\" src=\"https:\/\/www.poolmania.es\/recursos\/gestor\/blog\/de que estan hechas las bolas de billar 2.jpg\" alt=\"Bille-Ouberte\" width=\"268\" height=\"291\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Brand Belgian <\/font><\/font><strong><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Aramith<\/font><\/font><\/strong><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> is the reference in the market of billiard balls. <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Whether Pool, Snooker or Carom, in most tournaments officers used their <\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">high quality ball<\/font><\/font><\/a><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> , also made of phenolic resin. <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">If you&#8217;ve never seen a billiard ball inside, might surprise you to <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">see that you <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">are <\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">completely solid<\/font><\/font><\/a><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> and that in the case of <\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozoom.com\/es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Saluc (Aramith)<\/font><\/font><\/a><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> , colors and numbers are not only superficial but are embedded throughout the ball.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Some treats who treats them better and worse. <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Some of always cleaned after playing and others have done once since they were purchased. <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">But they, discolored or not, always obey the orders that transmit them our beatings. <\/font><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Always roll, always bounce back and always end up in the pockets, but quickly return to leave them to return to their refuge box or triangle.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><font style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Here&#8217;s the anatomy of a billiard ball.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CN89yhOEF6E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"titulo\" value=\"\u00bfDe qu\u00e9 est\u00e1n hechas las bolas de billar? \" id=\"titulo\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<hr><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"8-BALL FINAL | Shane Van Boening vs Rory Hendrickson | 2016 US Open 8-Ball Championship\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/agRwuVaF1hU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billards and Bar Tools Where Billiards Players Meet the Proper Instruments Menu home About Blog Contact Posted on March 28, 2018by scwbta132 What are billiard&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-billiards","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billiardsandbartools.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}