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aprox. less than a gallon. My husband was responsible for his fathers ashes and that is the aproximate amount.
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Actually little to none is produced. Because we are mostly water most of the body evaporates. After the cremation process is over a couple of thick bone segments remain like parts of the pelvis and femur bones. These bones are then grinded down into a fine powder and thats what is delievered in the urn.
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A persons cremated remains should be 4 to 6 lbs. depending on the size of the person.
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By law, only one body at at time can be cremated in a retort, the cremation machine, and it is completely cleaned out and swept of all remains. The remains include any casket/coffin hardware such as nail and screws, these are removed prior to the large bone segments being given a final grinding and sifting to produce the fine powdery "ash" that is returned to the family. Just about every adult cremains have a similar return on "ash" as it is mostly the minerals and trace metals in the bone structure that are the main components, Physical flesh was little to do with the size of the ashes returned as the complete body is basically vapourized, and the gases recirculated and burned as well. This is why a properly run retort will produce no smoke while operating. Just remember the physical make up of the cremated remains were never items that were actually the living tissue, just minerals and trace metals. Love them just the same.
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My fiancee's ashes came out to be one 180 pound, 5'11" man reduded to about three or four pounds of ashes.The box he came back in was only about 4x4x9. I can't even bare top touch the box because it just makes me feel awful to see it. His mother clung to it for about an hour after we got it.
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The amount of ash produced depends on the size of the person, but usually ranges between 4-6 pounds.
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my mother and father and aunt were all cremated. It is less than a regular shoe box size, with no coffin, or less than a gallon. Those answers are correct, depending on the size of the person.
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