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How Soccer Balls Are Made

Published on Dec 19, 2015

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THE FIRST SOCCER BALL

  • 1855 Charles Goodyear designed the first soccer ball
  • Made of Vulcanized rubber(Vulcanization (or vulcanisation) is a chemical process for converting natural rubber or related polymers into more durable materials via the addition of sulfur or other equivalent curatives or accelerators. These additives modify the polymer by forming cross-links (bridges) between individual polymer chains.
  • Designed Like today's basketball
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FULLERENES

  • Large carbon molecules discovered in 1985 by Richard Smalley
  • fullerene is a molecule of carbon in the form of a hollow sphere
  • Fullerenes are similar in structure to graphite, which is composed of stacked graphene sheets of linked hexagonal rings
Photo by Patrick Hoesly
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SIZE/SHAPE

  • They used to be shaped like a pigs bladder
  • What has changed drastically over the last 30 or so years is the material the ball is made of and the shape of the panels that make up the ball
  • Between 27-28 inches spherical circumference
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NOW A DAYS

  • A soccer ball now is made out of synthetic or real leather
  • Today's footballs are more complex than past footballs. Most modern footballs consist of twelve regular pentagonal and twenty regular hexagonal panels
  • Colors, unique designs and logos such as Nike, Adidas, puma, and brine are added to the balls to make them eye appealing and marketable.
  • Modern day footballs also come in a variety of colors
Photo by Xalion Malik
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CREATIVITY

  • Chinese made their own with animal stuff together to form a sphere
  • Maya and aztec Indians in central Michigan made a rubber ball out of latex and rubber wood
  • The Egyptians invented a football made of seeds wrapped in linen. They also made balls out of animal skin or catgut for improved bouncing.
  • a synthetic resin in which the polymer units are linked by urethane groups, used chiefly as constituents of paints, varnishes, adhesives, and foams.
Photo by Patrick Hoesly
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WORKS CITED

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polyurethane

  • a synthetic resin in which the polymer units are linked by urethane groups, used chiefly as constituents of paints, varnishes, adhesives, and foams.
  • Plastic like and its it very flexible can be rigid
  • This is what makes up the skin for the ball
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COLORS

Mitchell Lang