• StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Fun fact: cremation doesn’t completely burn up the human body. A certain amount of solid bone fragments remain, which are ground up. This almost entirely forms the “ashes”.

    Assuming the bullet was lead (which melts at about a third of cremation fire temperatures), it likely ended up as little blobs and was then ground up. Your mother still has the bullet, it’s just in powder form now.

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      2 months ago

      At high temperatures I believe iron will start to oxidize and “burn up”, will lead not do something similar?

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          2 months ago

          Made me look since I melt and pour lead doodads for fun.

          Boiling point of lead: 1749C (Iron for comparison 2862C.)

          Cremation (top of the range I found): 871