Even if the "cremains" are not realistic the family may never know "It is common practice for those receiving cremains not to actually look at them, not to open the vessel," says Dr. Gretchen Potts And it has happened. The bodies sent to Tri-State crematory (Noble, Georgia) between 1997 and 2002, were not cremated, but instead, stacked in storage buildings and tossed in the woods around the crematory. Families were given mixtures of cement and dirt rather than the ashes for their loved ones.
But the power of modern physics can find out whether your "ashes" are the real thing. All that is needed is a vial of your cremains. A particle accelerator accelerates hydrogen ions and transforms them into a proton beam. The beam smashes into your ashes, which send off X-rays that identify the elements they contain.
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