2006-10-14 06:36:04 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
If someone is cremated you don't buy a coffin. If you decide to hold a service for someone first then a coffin is rented and then returned, then the cremation takes place.
2006-10-14 06:39:07 · answer #1 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The coffin is burnt with the body inside it.
When a specific amount of time has passed with the 'oven' at a specific (very hot) temperature, all is burnt.
This is except for the coffin handles, hip replacements etc.
These are seperated and buried at the crematorium.
The rest of the remains is put into a kind of giant mincer and is ground down into the ash that the families are presented with.
If there is no family then the crematorium will bury the urn.
There is actually a new way to dispose of bodies using liquid nitrogen. The body (in the coffin) is dipped into liquid nitrogen and is 'frozen'. Then it is removed and put onto a vibrating board which 'shatters' the remains into a fine dust. Again, hip replacements, coffin handles etc are removed and the remains are given to the family, or buried/scattered. This is a very environmentally friendly way of disposing of bodies and could be coming to crem near you soon.
People who work in crematoriums are not allowed to handle the bodies. Some people meet nasty untimely messy deaths. The coffin, as well as a mark of respect, keeps those around the body safe.
Keep it real - do you really think crematorium workers are going to mess about taking bodies out of coffins?
2006-10-14 06:52:49 · answer #2 · answered by Ali 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If the cremation is done by a trustworthy company, they put the original coffin holding the body, in the oven. (however expensive the coffin is)
2006-10-14 06:53:26 · answer #3 · answered by Joshua 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really know; for sure, but I believe (being somewhat of a cynic) that they just get recycled... and that's why I want to be cremated in a cardboard coffin! I would say that there is a good market for that... and possibly is somewhere! Haha!
2006-10-14 06:43:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My brother used to work at a crematorium n he says the coffin gets burned along with the body. The fittings on the coffin are removed before cremation i think.
2006-10-14 06:40:48 · answer #5 · answered by rd 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
My mother was cremated.....there is no coffin...they just burn the body. No personal effects or anything. If you choose to have a ceremony, they will rent you a coffin that is specifically used for that type of situation. They don't "hide" the fact that it has been used before.
2006-10-14 06:46:27 · answer #6 · answered by weazalus 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Regular coffins are not used for cremations...when something is used its little more of a pressed cardboard...designed just for this.
2006-10-14 08:35:39 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing! There is no coffin involved in creamation. It's a body on this conveyer belt like tray that goes into a furnace. Then they put the ashes in an urn. There is no one present, I don't think, accept professionals doing the creamation. During the funeral the put pictures of the deseased all around.
2006-10-14 06:48:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is burned. After the cremation, after the cremation there are often large pieces of bone left but I've never heard of a piece of muscle such a the heart being discernible. This tends to go relatively easily.
2006-10-14 06:48:01 · answer #9 · answered by charlie 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the coffin is cremated with the body
2006-10-14 06:41:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋