Bouncy ball
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Polybutadiene
Polybutadiene is a synthetic rubber that is a polymer formed from the polymerization process of the monomer 1,3-butadiene.It has a high resistance to wear and is used especially in the manufacture of tires, which consumes about 70% of the production...
rubber toy ball which rebounds proportionally to the amount of force used when thrown at a hard surface. The first such ball was the proprietary Super Ball
Super Ball
SuperBalls or bouncy balls is a toy, invented in 1964 by chemist Norman Stingley by compressing a synthetic rubber material under high pressure...
. The Sky Ball is an example of another bouncy ball. The Sky Ball has lately been praised for its successful claim to bounce higher than the Super Ball
Super Ball
SuperBalls or bouncy balls is a toy, invented in 1964 by chemist Norman Stingley by compressing a synthetic rubber material under high pressure...
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In some countries, for example the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, they are often sold from bulk vending
Bulk vending
Bulk vending is the sale of unsorted confections, nuts, gumballs, toys and novelties selected at random and dispensed generally through non-electrically operated vending machines. Bulk vending is a separate segment of the vending industry from full line vending — i.e., the snack and soda vending...
machines for 25 cents or more.
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External links
- Superballs.com, a tribute site
- History of the Superball
- Kinematics of an Ultraelastic Rough Ball (free PDF)
- liketelevision.net Classic B&W TV commercial for Super Ball and for Super Elastic Bubble Plastic, c. 1970
- Applied Physics Engineering
- NPC Unlimited In electronic form on the iPhone.