What is a cremation?
Cremation is the burning of a dead body. In most parts of the world, such as developing countries, cremation takes place on an open-air pyre of wood. In developed nations, cremation usually takes place in a specially designed furnace. The temperature inside the furnace ranges from 1400-2000 degrees F and can reduce an average sized person to charred bone fragments in 1-2 hours. After the bone fragments have cooled, they are removed from the furnace and run through a special grinder. The fragments are processed until they resemble sand in texture and placed in a container. This is what we refer to as the ashes.
