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To: flatsville who wrote (61294)	1/24/2001 3:52:40 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Hi flatsville; Re prion incineration... A quick search of the web provided plenty of hits. For example: Re: Prions not destroyed by incineration? lists.essential.org But as far as prions in bone china, not a chance. The process of making bone china (and any other high temp ceramic like porcelain) involves a certainty that all Carbon is burned out of the material. There's tons of ceramic literature to the effect of what happens to carbonaceous material &c. For example carbon is out of the material by 1400 Farhenheit: americanceramics.com There are some ceramics that may have some carbon present in the interior of the piece, but not the high temp stuff. We're talking about white hot, 2250 Farhenheit here, there is certainly nothing of any biological activity remaining there like a prion protein. By comparison, the rendering process is down near the boiling point of water, a tiny fraction of the temperature achieved by bone china. -- Carl