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Do human bones burn

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Human bones do burn. In a crematorium the temperature is set between 760 to 1150C and the burning process takes 90 to 120 minutes. What remains are dry bone fragments. The colour is usually light gray

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it depends on the fuel. a coal fire will not burn bone because it simply does not get hot enough. however, the fire of a crematorium will burn bone.

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yes they can catch fire spontaniously within your body i don't know why this happens it just does

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