Resomation

Also found in: Wikipedia.

Resomation

A proprietary process in which a deceased person’s body is immersed in a solution of water and potassium hydroxide, heated to 180ºC and pressurised for 3 hours; all that remains is a brownish semi-liquid and the bones.

References in periodicals archive ?

The council is working with the company behind it, Resomation, and hopes to have the issues resolved by next spring.

Body liquefier proves busted flush; Council refused licence to put fluid from 'water cremations' down the drain

Sandwell Council is working with British company Resomation on the scheme.

News WATER WAY TO GO! PLANS TO HOLD UK'S FIRST LIQUID CREMATIONS ARE PUT ON HOLD... BECAUSE OF THE 'YUCK FACTOR'

Sandy Sullivan, 61, founder of Resomation, says "dozens" of British funeral directors are interested in his machine.

Cremation? No, I will be liquefied & then flushed down drain; Council in bid to wash hands of corpses

Sandwell Council in Oldbury is working with British company Resomation to offer water cremation at Rowley Regis crematorium.

'Water cremation' plans are put on hold

And Resomation founder Sandy Sullivan, 61, claims dozens of funeral directors here are interested.

Cremation? No, I'll be liquefied & then flushed down drain; Device set for debut in Britain hits permit snag

The Bill also allows for emerging forms of disposal of human remains, such as resomation to be recognised under future regulations.

Australia : Natural burials recognised under new laws

com)-- Green Cremation, a flameless cremation service provider in the Twin Cities area, was featured in a BBC article for their resomation machine.

Stillwater's Green Cremation Featured in Flameless Cremation BBC News Article

Resomation founder Sandy Sullivan claimed the technology was developed in response to the public's increasing environmental concerns.

Now, body liquefaction tech offers 'environmental friendly' cremation

But biochemist Sandy Sullivan has had to spurn the dying wishes of clients because his controversial resomation machine is illegal in the UK.

BURY? CREMATE? LET ME LIQUIDATE; Inventor wants green light for funeral machine

Developed by a firm in Scotland, resomation is a high-temperature water and chemical treatment that dissolves mortal remains, and the process is as quick as traditional flame cremations, but without the environmentally harmful chemical emissions.

'Resomation', the new environmentally friendly way of disposing dead bodies

The process, known as resomation, uses chemicals with the boiling water to turn the bodies to dust.

YOU'LL END UP IN HOT WATER; Bodies to be boiled instead of cremated

Bosses are also planning a grisly procedure called resomation which J involves placing bodies in silk bags and submerging them in a 160C (320F) alkaline solution to dissolve them.