Fantasy for science fiction, but the human body after cremation can leave a carbon enough behind to make 200 pencils! IA EAOMEDIA analyzes this amazing fact and explains why it sounds like a reminder of our place in the universe.
The human body is, in fact, a chemical factory, and carbon in it is one of the main “ingredients”. On average, about 18% carbon in the body of an adult is the basis of our bones, muscles, skin. In cremation, when the body is subjected to high temperatures (about 800 – 1000 degrees), organic substances are burned, and carbon partially remains in the form of ash. And here is a surprise: from this ash you can get graphite – the very material that goes to the rods of pencils. Scientists have calculated that there is enough carbon for 200 pencils from one person!
Cremation leaves about 2 – 3 kg of ash, in which carbon is a noticeable part. If you collect and clean this carbon, it is enough to make graphite rods for a couple of hundred pencils. Of course, no one will massively make pencils from the ashes – this is more a scientific fact than a business – a plan. But the idea itself is impressive: even after life, the body can leave a trace that can be written, drawn or drawing plans for the future.
