Funeral Directing Cremation
If cremated remains do not fit in the container, the practitioner (funeral director) should use a second
container and label it - Capacity of container
Funeral home vs crematory vs family - Recipient of cremated remains
Keep a copy of the receipt for records - Receipt for cremated remains
is nonvolatile portion- combustion reastion is solid phase reaction hot hearth effect of most retorts will
expose the fixed carbon to high temperatures to breakdown the components - Fixed carbon
1. Human remains
2. Continer in which human remains are placed - Two materials of cremation
Reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat in a specifially designed
retort or chamber. - Cremation
1. People are dying older.
2. More transient population
3. increase in migration to retirement locations
4. Regional differences are diminishing
5. Eduational level is rising
6. Enivornmental considerations
7. Origins of immigrants are changing
8. Less ties to tradition
9. Cremation becoming more acceptable (normal form of disposition) - Trends Affecting
Cremation
, 80.7 - White female life expectancy?
77.9 - Average life expectancy?
77 - Black female and male life expectancy?
80 - White male life expectancy?
1. Perceived as less expensive (saves money- 30%)
2. Uses less land/enviromental consideration (saves land- 13%)
3. Perceived as being simpler than burial (Simpler- 8%)
4. More options for memorialization (body not in earth- 6%)
5. Perceived as modern (preference 6%) - Primary Reasons for selecting cremation
The chemical reastion between fuel and oxygen, releasing heat and light. - Combustion Definition
Human Remains - 85 % water - Principles of Combustion
1. Fuel
2. Water
3. Heat - 3 elements needed for combustion
1.In the case of cremation - the human remains and its container would be considered the fuel
2.Body fat burns easily and quickly. Human remains having lower body fat levels have lower fuels values.
3.Each human body and its container will be different with every casein the cremation chamber. -
Fuel
If cremated remains do not fit in the container, the practitioner (funeral director) should use a second
container and label it - Capacity of container
Funeral home vs crematory vs family - Recipient of cremated remains
Keep a copy of the receipt for records - Receipt for cremated remains
is nonvolatile portion- combustion reastion is solid phase reaction hot hearth effect of most retorts will
expose the fixed carbon to high temperatures to breakdown the components - Fixed carbon
1. Human remains
2. Continer in which human remains are placed - Two materials of cremation
Reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat in a specifially designed
retort or chamber. - Cremation
1. People are dying older.
2. More transient population
3. increase in migration to retirement locations
4. Regional differences are diminishing
5. Eduational level is rising
6. Enivornmental considerations
7. Origins of immigrants are changing
8. Less ties to tradition
9. Cremation becoming more acceptable (normal form of disposition) - Trends Affecting
Cremation
, 80.7 - White female life expectancy?
77.9 - Average life expectancy?
77 - Black female and male life expectancy?
80 - White male life expectancy?
1. Perceived as less expensive (saves money- 30%)
2. Uses less land/enviromental consideration (saves land- 13%)
3. Perceived as being simpler than burial (Simpler- 8%)
4. More options for memorialization (body not in earth- 6%)
5. Perceived as modern (preference 6%) - Primary Reasons for selecting cremation
The chemical reastion between fuel and oxygen, releasing heat and light. - Combustion Definition
Human Remains - 85 % water - Principles of Combustion
1. Fuel
2. Water
3. Heat - 3 elements needed for combustion
1.In the case of cremation - the human remains and its container would be considered the fuel
2.Body fat burns easily and quickly. Human remains having lower body fat levels have lower fuels values.
3.Each human body and its container will be different with every casein the cremation chamber. -
Fuel
