In article , Gunner says...

Ive seen more than several life times worth of crispy citters in the
military, and worked in a crematory a couple summers as a kid.

Uncle Bill (mortician/coroner) told me they were largely carbon with
the trace elements.

THis is at odds with the analysis given in Sphero's post, herewith
copied:

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The approximate composition of human ash:
[0036] CaO 39.0%
[0037] P205 50.2%
[0038] K20 4.8%
[0039] Na203 3.8%
[0040] MgO 0.9%
[0041] SiO2 1.1%
[0042] Fe203 0.2%
[0043] ZnO 0.1%
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It may be that the incinerated bits you've seen were
not run fully to completion, something that that typically
(but not always, do you recall the outfit in arizona of
ten years or so ago?) the pro outfits take pains to
do.

Jim


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