Does fire complety distroy bones when someone is cremated?

Question

Does fire complety distroy bones when someone is cremated?

Answer 1

No. After cremation dry bone fragments (mostly calcium phosphates and minor minerals) remain. Their color is usually light gray. They represent very roughly 3.5% of the body's original mass (2.5% in children). They are then ground to a powder.

Answer 2

It turns them to ashes.

Answer 3

No.  Even the fires at the crematorium are not hot enough to destroy all the bone.  They do grind the rest up and that is what you are given.  The 'ashes' don't actually exist these days because everything except the ground bone turns to carbon and disappears up the chimney.

Answer 4

Actually no it doesn't. There are remnants of bone in the ashes of the cremated.

Answer 5

Yes but there is still a residue left that has some of the same components as bone but the bone has been destroyed. The only thing that does not completely burn is metal. There was a case a few years back where a woman had murdered her ex with a wrench and hid it in his coffin when she went to the viewing. His mum changed her mind about burring him and wanted him to be cremated. They found the reminisce of the wrench and that is how she was caught.

Answer 6

yes, you're ash. Bone that has been decomposed, reduced to powder.

Answer 7

Not all of it crematoriums have special grinders to get the few parts left behind. It is perfectly normal

Answer 8

i think so, as long as its hot enough. though your teeth will still be there

Answer 9

I know somebody who works at a crematorium factory; where they make the incinerators.  She says that the bones are taken out afterwards and disposed of separately.  I suppose the garden of remembrance would look like a dog's heaven otherwise.

Answer 10

No.......Chunks of ashes remain that are frequently ground to very small chunks and dust....They are called "CREMAINS"

Answer 11

Nope, while cremains are pretty hard to work with, a well-trained forensic anthropologist can still determine some factors of the biological profile using cremains.  It does take quite a bit of experience, as a grad student I don't have enough to really work well with cremains, but my professor who has over 40 years of experience is really good at it.

If you have access through a library, you should track down an article from the Journal of Forensic Science written by Willam Bass called "Is It Possible To Completely Consume a Body in Fire?"  He addresses this exact question.

Answer 12

it sure does,

Answer 13

No.

"A complete cremation is a two-step process. Firstly, the actual exposure of the deceased to several hours of intense heat and flame; after which the remains are mostly ash except for certain bone fragments, then the entire remaining ash and fragment volume is gathered and run through a processor, creating a uniform powder-like texture. "

http://www.nfda.org/page.php?pID=160#bon...

Answer 14

no, they go through a kind of grinding machine, so fragments can be left.

Answer 15

No, small slivers of bone remain,even in modern crematoriums

If you are talking about ancient cremations,even more remains are left--including what archaeologists call 'clinkers' which are balls of charred fat,bone & hair (yuck!)

Answer 16

Let's put it this way, Dem bones will neva be connected agin.

Answer 17

Yes - but not some dentures!

Answer 18

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