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Is there a difference in material and price between a solid copper casket and a copper deposit casket?
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Yes, there is a difference, and it's a big one.
Solid copper caskets are made from sheets of wrought copper which usually have a weight of 32 ounces per square foot (standard caskets) or 48 oz, in rare cases even 64 oz or more. The typical weight of a sheet copper casket is between 200 and 300 lbs. 32 oz solid copper caskets are available from $ 2,000 upwards (Online casket retailers).
Copper deposit caskets are produced in a time consuming process in which molecules of copper are deposited upon a casket form (usually made of 48oz copper sheets). Copper deposit caskets weigh between 600 and 800 lbs because the typical thickness of their walls is about 1/8 of an inch (3 mm). The cost of copper deposit casket is so high that they were manufactured until the 1980s only (by the Boyertown Burial Casket Co. and by the National Casket Company of Boston). At that time, a copper deposit casket was about a dozen times more expensive than a standard 32oz solid copper casket. The optional silver plating of the exterior would add another 25% to the cost of the casket. This price was exceeded only by cast bronze caskets (weighing between 1,000 and 1,200 lbs), which in the 1970s were about three times more expensive than copper deposit caskets. As mentioned, copper deposit caskets are no longer in production. The closest modern equivalent probably would be the 300 lbs heavy 48oz thermo-deposited bronze casket called "Marquis", manufactured by the York-Hoover Company; the casket costs about ten times the price of a standard 32 oz bronze coffin.
The most famous copper deposit caskets were made by the National Casket Company. These copper deposit caskets had no joints or welding seams nor did the attachments of the handles penetrate the casket walls. National seamless copper deposit casket were used for the funerals of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (# 21260 bronze plated), William Randolph Hearst (# 21200 as triple lid inner glass sealer), Elijah Muhammad (silver plated model # 21200 as glassless double lid sealer) Elvis Presley (# 21200) and Aaliyah Haughton (# 20761 ornamental corner design, silver plated). The Boyertown Burial Casket Company manufactured several copper deposit designs, for example a copper deposited bronze casket (model # 2471) which had a complete solid bronze inner casket inside of it. The casket had a triple lid (outer and middle metal lids and an inner glass lid); the weight was probably around 700 lbs.
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Is there a difference between a solid bronze and a bronze deposit casket?
Yes, there is a difference, but is less important than the difference between solid (sheet) bronze and cast bronze caskets. Solid bronze caskets are welded from sheets of wrought bronze. Bronze deposit caskets too, but they have an additional coat of bronze which is applied by an electrolytic (or similar) process to a base made of sheet bronze. This increases the thickness of the bronze walls and guarantees a smooth surface.
Why are copper caskets only offered in 32oz copper and not 48oz copper?
There have been also a few 64 oz copper caskets around (for example one by the former Chicago Casket Company). In addition to that, there were the copper deposit caskets in production until the end of the 1970s by the National Casket Company of Boston and by the Boyertown Burial Casket Company. These caskets can be compared to 96 oz sheet copper caskets. While solid copper caskets are welded (or soldered) from sheets of wrought copper, copper deposit caskets are made in a time consuming electrolytic process by which molecules of copper are deposit upon a casket form which usually consists of 48 oz (ounces per square foot) copper or bronze sheets. This provides the casket with extra strength and a very smooth and untarnished surface without welding seams or burns. Copper deposit caskets ususally have a wall thickness of 1/8" (3mm - about twice as thick as 48oz copper sheets) resulting in an empty weight of approximately 600 to 800 lbs, while solid copper caskets weigh between 200 and 300 lbs. The main reason for (currently) producing 32oz and 48oz copper caskets only is probably the more affordable price. At the end of the 1970s, the wholesale price of a copper deposit casket was between $ 5,000 and 6,000 (plus about 1,000 for an optional silver plated exterior), while 32 oz solid copper caskets were available from around $ 500 wholesale already. Thus, the price of a copper deposit casket was about a dozen times that of the lowest priced solid copper sheet casket.
How do neutrons make nonradioactive elements radioactive?
The process of making materials radioactive by neutron bombardment is usually referred to as neutron activation. Neutrons are generally found in abundance within the cores of operating nuclear reactors where it is the neutron flux that is causing the fission chain to continue. These neutrons can be used to activate stuff. There are whole books on this subject. We'll tackle it here with a few paragraphs, so let's go. There is a funny group of rules associated with the way an atomic nucleus reacts to an incoming neutron. It isn't necessarily like breaking a rack of billiard balls like in so many science shows. It's more like the neutron manages to press up against the nucleus and the nucleus captures it. Then what happens, happens. One of the concepts to be considered is the energy of the incoming neutron. How fast is it going? (Faster isn't necessarily better for increasing the probability of capture.) Another is the size of the target that a given nucleus presents to that neutron. We call that a neutron absorption cross section, and it's measured in barns. (Yes, like the broad side of a barn, as in hitting the broad side of a barn. And who said physicists weren't funny and couldn't make jokes!) There are tables to look this stuff up on because each given isotope has a given neutron capture cross section, just like you'd imagine. One little (or no-so-little) thing is that different isotopes of the same element have different neutron capture cross sections. That ups the challenge for investigators. What happens is that the neutron is captured and all the nucleons (the protons and neutrons that are in the nucleus) must now make up a new contract as to how they are all gonna share this tiny little space where they are all crammed in. You remember that the protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus are all smooshed together and all of them have given up a bit of mass and that mass has been converted into binding energy or nuclear glue to hold the whole thing together, right? Well, all that went out the window when the new kid arrived on the block. New arrangements have to be made. Depending on the element and the particular isotope of that element that captures a neutron, a number of different things can result. If the neutron is actually captured and there is no stable isotope of that element possible with the "new" configuration, it disintegrates. Disintegration schemes vary, as one might guess. If a stable isotope results, so be it. (It's stable.) If an unstable isotope results, it is radioactive, and rules apply for its decay. The table of nuclides holds the particulars. If a neutron is captured by a fissionable isotope, it fissions. The result will be fission fragments, a neutron or neutrons, and some other stuff. Hit the links and check out the particulars. An example of irradiation by neutrons (activation) might be cobalt. A little slug of cobalt is welded up inside a skin of stainless steel and then the pellet is dropped into an operating nuclear reactor to give it a neutron bath. Cobalt metal is almost entirely cobalt59 which is the only stable isotope. And it presents a big target to an incoming neutron. When it collects an extra neutron, presto! Cobalt60, which is highly radioactive with a 5.2 year half life. We reel in our little pellet of cobalt60 and put it inside a lead lined casket that has a little door. Now we stick labels all over the thing warning folks to leave it the heck alone. Then we truck it out to a job site where welding work has to be x-rayed. We set the thing up pointing at the weld, stick some photographic film on the other side, then run off and open the little door by remote control. The source is looking at the weld and is sending out x-rays (because of the decay of the cobalt60) which passes through the weld and the photographic plate is exposed. We then shut the door and develop the film. One weld x-ray finished. The advantage of this is that we don't have to drag an x-ray machine out there and then try to find a place to plug it in. Big advantage. Oh, as an aside, cobalt is sometimes alloyed into steel to harden it. Cobalt hardened steel could be used in, say, valve seats. But we don't use cobalt hardened steel for valve seats in nuclear plant primary systems. Guess why! Now you're an expert. Be sure to check that your name is spelled correctly on the role sheet and sign it so you can get credit for the class.
Why was Elvis coffin made of copper and weighed 900 pounds?
Elvis was buried in the same type of casket as his mother 20 years before: in a National copper deposit casket. Copper deposit caskets are about three times as heavy as sheet copper casket. Elvis' sopper deposit casket had an empty weight between 600 and 800 lbs.
What is the difference in price between a copper deposit casket and a bronze cast casket?
The question is somewhat difficult to answer because copper deposited casket were manufactured until the 1980s only. Cast bronze and copper deposited caskets are the most expensive and the most heavy metal caskets available. While cast bronze caskets weigh between 1,000 and 1,200 lbs, copper deposit caskets have a weight between 600 and 800 lbs. The price difference between these caskets (which were manufactured by the Boyertown Burial Casket Company and by the National Casket Company of Boston) in the 1970s was as follows: cast bronze casket had a wholesale price between US $ 15,000 and 19,000 while copper deposited caskets cost between $ 5,000 and 6,000 wholesale (plus approximately $ 1,000 for an optional silver plated exterior).
Is there a difference between a solid bronze and a bronze deposit casket?
Yes, there is a difference, but is less important than the difference between solid (sheet) bronze and cast bronze caskets. Solid bronze caskets are welded from sheets of wrought bronze. Bronze deposit caskets too, but they have an additional coat of bronze which is applied by an electrolytic (or similar) process to a base made of sheet bronze. This increases the thickness of the bronze walls and guarantees a smooth surface.
What is the difference between a casket match and a buried alive match?
the object of a casket match is to lock your opponenet in a casket or coffin whereas in a buried alive match the object is to bury your opponent alive
How is a outmost coffin different from a inner coffin?
In a double casket, the outer casket usually is ornamental and made of a thicker material. The inner casket is usually unfinished and made of a thinner or lighter material.
What metal casket is most expensive?
the most expensive material used to make a casket, bronze, is considered by the industry to be the material most suitable for casket construction due to its strength and natural ability to resist rust
What kind of casket was Elvis Presley buried in?
Elvis Presley was buried in a seamless copper deposit casket, design # 21200, manufactured by the (former) National Casket Company of Boston. Twenty years befor, Elvis's mother had been buried in the same type of casket (which at the time of her death retailed at $ 8,000). Copper deposit caskets are often described as "copper lined caskets" - a description which is misleading because it misses the big differences in production methods, weight and price of solid copper caskets versus copper deposit caskets. Solid copper caskets are welded (or soldered) from sheets of wrought copper, while copper deposit caskets are made in a time consuming electrolytic process by which molecules of copper are deposited upon a casket form. This provides the casket with extra strength and a very smooth and untarnished surface without welding seams or burns. Copper deposit caskets ususally have a wall thickness of 1/8" (3mm - about twice as thick as 48oz copper sheets) resulting in an empty weight between 600 to 800 lbs, while solid copper caskets weigh between 200 and 300 lbs. Pricewise, the difference is even bigger, although it is difficult to talk in current prices because copper deposit caskets were manufactured in the US until the end of the 1970s only. At that time, the wholesale price of a copper deposit casket was between $ 5,000 and 6,000 (plus about 1,000 for an optional silver plated exterior), while 32 oz solid copper caskets were available from around $ 500 wholesale already. Thus, the price of a copper deposit casket was about a dozen times that of the lowest priced solid copper sheet casket. The high price (as well as the enormous weight) of copper deposit caskets was exceeded only by that of cast bronze caskets (coffins which are cast from molten bronze like bells; they cost three times as much as copper deposit caskets and have a weight between 1,000 and 1,200 lbs). Copper deposit caskets were manufactured by two companies which are no longer in business, although they once were giants of the industry: the National casket company of Boston and the Boyertown Burial Casket Company. Both firms produced several copper deposit designs (and cast bronze caskets as well).The famous National seamless copper deposit caskets had no joints or welding seams nor did the attachments of the handles penetrate the casket walls. National copper deposit caskets (of different designs) were used for the funerals of many famous persons and celebrities other than just Elvis Presley, as for example of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, and singer Aaliyah Haughton.
What model of batesville casket was used for Aaliyah?
Aaliyah wasn't buried in a Batesville casket, but in one of the last copper deposit caskets made by the former National Casket Company of Boston. The type designation of her silver plated casket was # 20761, a double lid model with lavish ornamental corners and a hand tufted premium velvet interior. Unlike standard copper caskets, which are welded from 32 oz or 48 oz (ounces per square foot) sheets of wrought copper (resulting in an empty weight between 200 and 300 lbs), copper deposit casket are made in a time consuming process by which copper molecules are deposited on a casket form. The famous National copper deposit caskets had no joints or welding seams nor did the attachments of the handles penetrate the casket walls. Copper deposit caskets have unusually thick walls of 1/8" (3 mm) resulting in a weight between 600 and 800 lbs. The funeral pictures show that at least eight pall bearers were needed to carry Aaliyah's casket. In the 1970s, the price of copper deposit caskets, which are no longer manufactured in the US, was about 10 to 12 times that of a standard 32 oz copper casket. The optional silver plating of the exterior added around 25 % to the basic price of the luxury casket. Other celebrities buried in National copper deposit caskets (of different designs) were for example President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Elvis Presley, and the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst .
What determines the price of a burial casket?
Casket costs vary according to the type of material the casket is made of, the quality of the construction, and the type of interior used.
How is a hermetically sealing of caskets being effected and what is the difference between a gasket sealer and a glass sealer casket?
Metal caskets - or metallic liners inside of wooden casket - can obtain a protective property through an air and watertight sealing mechanism. By that way the remains in the casket are temporarily protected from the elements, especially from ground water and the intrusion of insects. Nowadays, most protective caskets are sealed by a gasket which is placed between the base (or body) of the casket and its lid. The gasket usually consists of an approximately inch wide one piece strip of flexible but resilient rubber-like material which runs along the upper margin of the frame of the casket's base. In a casket with a split lid (half couch casket) an additional gasket between the two halves of the lid is needed for effecting a hermetical seal.
Why did Elvis get birried in a copper coffin?
Elvis was buried in the same type of casket his mother was buried in 20 years before: a National copper deposit casket.
Where can a national seamless copper deposit casket be purchased?
These caskets are no longer made. They were originally made by National Casket Company but this company is no longer in business. The only ones left are found in funeral homes that have not sold them. Let me add the following information: Currently there is an ad of a copper deposit casket at http://www.nomispublications.com but it is doubtful if this is a model originally made by National. It does not look like that and the ad says "nickel plated copper deposit", which does not fit either. The closest equivalent which is currently available seems to be the "Marquis", a thermo-deposited bronze casket manufactured by the York / Matthews casket company.
