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FLAME CREMATION [1 record]

Record 1 2015-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
CONT

With burial, the transition [from body to bones] may take 25 years and the catalyst to reduce the body to bones is soil and micro organisms. With flame cremation, the transition takes approximately 2-3 hours and the catalysts to reduce the body to bones are flame created by fuel ... mixed with oxygen. With bio-cremation ... the catalysts to reduce the body to bones are water (95%) and potassium hydroxide (KOH).

Key term(s)
  • cremation by fire

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

[...] en quoi consiste le processus de crémation par le feu [:] Le corps est déposé soit dans le cercueil choisi ou dans le contenant de crémation. Le corps est déposé dans le four. Le feu réduit le corps en os. [...] les os ne brûlent pas. Ce qu'on appelle des cendres, ce sont des os qui ont été mis dans une machine qui les a rendus en poussière. Les cendres, c'est de la poussière d'os.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pompas fúnebres
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