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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (29)11/7/2006 8:51:39 PM
From: Broken_Clock  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 39
 
"most machines operate between 1,500 to 1,900 degrees F. The actual cremation time again varies depending upon the type of machine. Low capacity retorts take approximately 3 hours to complete a cremation while high capacity machines take less than one hour."

Methinks bone is gone before structural steel...No?

The simple facts of temperatures:

* 1535ºC (2795ºF) - melting point of iron
* ~1510ºC (2750ºF) - melting point of typical structural steel