The Comparison Process of Cremation Vs Alkaline Hydrolysis

By Ann Gibson

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Which one to love? Which one is best?

For most, the only options are burial or cremation and that ensues a flurry of moral and physical debates.

Many kept seeking an alternative.

“Necessity is the mother of invention”…quoted in many

different ways. But in it’s finite concept of birthing new ideas; it is the best way to describe the

motivational of Alkiline Hydrolysis or Water

Resomation.

Water is natural way separate and also to blend. When we think of it breaking down items for the most part it is thought that water can take a little

longer. That it is not as fast as fire.

But in the case of Alkaline hydrolysis that is not true. They are about the same amount of time once in the decomposition

process.

Alkaline hydrolysis as a method of final disposition of human remains is currently legal in Florida, Maine, Minnesota and Oregon, among others. The process was legal in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, but a one year moratorium was imposed to allow the technology claims to be studied and validated before public use.

In resomation, a body is placed in a steel chamber along with a mixture of water and potassium hydroxide or Lye. Air pressure inside the vessel is increased to about 145 pounds per square inch, and the temperature is raised to about 356 degrees Fahrenheit. After three or more hours, the corpse is reduced to bones that are then crushed into a fine, white powder. That dust can be scattered by families or placed in an urn. Dental fillings are separated out for safe disposal.

In Minnesota, Mayo Clinic uses an alkaline hydrolysis process to dispose of donated bodies. In Florida, a commercial resomator has been installed at the Anderson-McQueen funeral home in St Petersburg. The process is currently legal in only seven US states.

The end result is a quantity of green-brown tinted liquid (containing amino acids, peptides, sugars and salts) and soft, porous white bone remains (calcium phosphate) easily crushed in the hand (although a cremulator is more commonly used) to form a white-colored dust.

“The future is now, and it’s brown, syrupy, and smells like a

litter box. “

On to Cremation…..

Keeping in balance with all the elements in nature……

Fire has been natures way of returning to the earth re-birth since it’s beginning.

This is accomplished through burning—high temperatures, vaporization and oxidation.

The box containing the body is placed in the retort and incinerated at a temperature of 760 to 1150 °C (1400 to

2100 °F).[9] During the cremation process, a large part of the body (especially the organs) and other soft tissue are

vaporized and oxidized by the intense heat; gases released are discharged through the exhaust system. The process usually takes 90 minutes to two hours, with larger

bodies taking longer time

Urns are the easiest way to contain the remains and keep them close their loved

ones.

Jewelry:

..as well as taking the ash and pouring into molten glass to make actual glass objects.

The hope and thought for both processes of

means of final disposition is of a true heartfelt

courtesy to our loved ones and our future as

a whole on the planet.Both are of the best

intentions, but it is person choice on what will be your

direction.

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