What Happens During the Aquamation Process?
Hydrolysis works in this way; Aquamation is identified as a combination of gentle water flow, temperature, and alkalinity that are used to accelerate the breakdown of organic materials. What can take 3 months to 5 years in nature, Aquamation takes 20 hours to complete. The process uses a solution of 95% water and 5% alkali and it’s actually the water molecules that break the bonds. To give you an example of how clean this process is, the 5% alkali used in this process are the same alkalis used in common cosmetic products, like body washes and shaving creams, and even in food preparation. At the end of the process, all alkali has been completely consumed and neutralized, and no longer remains in the water solution. At the end of the Hydrolysis process, the only remains left are the bone, with two significant improvements over cremation – the bones from aquamation are whiter and cleaner as we are able to return, on average, 20%-30% more remains because the process doesn’t involve the high heat of flame cremation so there’s no particulate loss of your pet discharged through a chimney along with smoke! In addition, all euthanasia chemicals are neutralized and broken down completely in this process. All pathogens are destroyed, making the material completely pathogen and disease free, completely sterile and 100% safe to handle.
