RE: Treehungers article on 2nd unit21 Jun 2022 15:56
mjallan. I quote;
'Im 20 Stone imperial. When I go into the furnace at the end of my life I end up as a mixture of Oxygen and Carbon gas. And my residue powder will possibly sit on my wife's mantel piece in an ern and weigh less than than a few ounces'
It's 'urn' btw. At 70 yo and weighing 20st, you no doubt were a fan of Eric and Ern.
Now the Law of The Conservation of Mass, was not covered 'til the 6th form in schools, so I assume your education was cut short. It is very simple. Matter cannot be created or destroyed. When you are incinerated, and lets assume you weigh 20st when entering the furnace. All 20 stones of you will transformed into gases and residue. The solid residue being the main constituent. If the Crem. gave your spouse the remains in the furnace, she will need a suitcase.. I could give you the calculations for the amount of gases produced, however, you will not understand them, so pointless.
In DMG, since the vast majority of 'plastic' consists of long chain polymers, derived for Heavy Fuel Oil, consisting of the atoms of C, O, H, then when gasified, depending on the thermodynamics of the operation, these gases , and combinations of the atoms, will be produced, with a carbon based 'char'. 20 tonnes of plasic in, 20 tonnes of gases and char out. PHE state 2 tonnes of H2 produced, so there is 18 tonnes of other gases and char.