Method and system for utilizing radio-opaque fillers in multiple layers of golf balls
A golf ball comprising layers that have from 0.05% to 70% by weight of a radio-opaque filler, and wherein the concentration of the radio-opaque filler is measurably different in each layer is disclosed herein. The radio-opaque filler is preferably a compound based on barium, bismuth, tungsten, iodine, or reduced iron.
1. A golf ball comprising:
a center core comprising a polybutadiene, a zinc diacrylate, a zinc oxide, a zinc stearate, a peroxide, an organic sulfur, and 0.05% to 70% by weight of an iodine based radio-opaque filler, wherein the core has a density ranging from 1.1 to 1.2;
a mantle layer disposed over the center core, the mantle layer having a thickness ranging from 0.03 inch to 0.09 inch, the mantle layer composed of an ionomer material and 0.05% to 70% by weight of a second radio-opaque filler, the mantle layer material having a plaque Shore D hardness ranging from 60 to 75;
and
a cover layer disposed over the mantle layer;
wherein the cover layer comprises from 0.05% to 70% by weight of a third radio-opaque filler, wherein each radio-opaque filler is different, and each radio-opaque filler has a different contrast from each other in an X-ray image.
2. The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein the third radio-opaque filler and the second radio-opaque filler are selected from a compound based on barium, bismuth, tungsten, or reduced iron.
3. The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein the cover layer is composed of an ionomer material.
4. A golf ball comprising:
a center core comprising a polybutadiene, a zinc diacrylate, a zinc oxide, a zinc stearate, a peroxide, an organic sulfur, and 0.05% to 70% by weight of iodine based radio-opaque filler, wherein the core has a density ranging from 1.1 to 1.2;
an outer core comprising a polybutadiene a zinc diacrylate, a zinc oxide, a zinc stearate, a peroxide, an organic sulfur, and from 0.05% to 70% by weight of a second radio-opaque filler;
and
a cover layer disposed over the outer core;
wherein the cover layer comprises from 0.05% to 70% by weight of a third radio-opaque filler, wherein each radio-opaque filler is different, and each radio-opaque filler has a different contrast from each other in an X-ray image.
5. The golf ball according to claim 4 wherein the third radio-opaque filler and the second radio-opaque filler are selected from a compound based on barium, bismuth, tungsten, or reduced iron.
6. The golf ball according to claim 4 wherein the cover layer is composed of an ionomer material.