It is created from nitrocellulose and camphor along with dyes and other agents. Hyatt first developed the material as a less expensive alternative to ivory in the production of billiard balls. Celluloid, which is both flammable and fragile, was gradually supplanted by the stronger Bakelite in the 1920s.
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