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AAMI Fhm&M Comprehensive ReviewQuestions And Answers With Verified
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Coffin - ANSWER✔✔A case or receptacle for dead human remains which is
anthropoid in shape
Casket FTC - ANSWER✔✔a rigid container which is designed for the encasement
of human remains and which is usually constructed of wood, metal, or like material
and ornamented and lined with fabric.
Casket ABFSE - ANSWER✔✔a case or receptacle in which human remains are
placed for protection, practical utility, and a suitable memory picture.
Casket ABFSE and - ANSWER✔✔any box or container of one or more parts in
which a dead human body is placed prior to interment, entombment, or cremation
which may or may not be permanently interred, entombed, or cremated with the
dead human remains.
First US patent for a metallic coffin to - ANSWER✔✔James Gray 1836
Species of wood used for caskets - ANSWER✔✔Birch, Cherry, Mahogany,
Maple, Oak, Poplar, Walnut, Pine, Select hardwood or Salix and other species.
Softwood Species - ANSWER✔✔Gymnosperms are coniferous (cone bearing)
with needles or scale like foliage like pines or cedars.
Hardwood Species - ANSWER✔✔Angiosperms are broad-leaved deciduous trees
that annually lose their leaves like oaks and maples.
Mahogany 3 types - ANSWER✔✔South American Swietenia
Philippine Shorea
African Khaya
Select Hardwood or Salix - ANSWER✔✔a casket constructed from a variety of
hardwoods including poplar, willow or cottonwood. The component parts of a
single casket will not necessarily be constructed of the same species of wood.
,Production of good quality casket requires: - ANSWER✔✔Solid wood planks
between 1" and 4" in thickness- 130- 150 board feet of lumber with some up to 300
board feet.
Board-foot unit of dimensional measurement - ANSWER✔✔Equal to a piece of
lumber 12" square and 1" thick
Laminates - ANSWER✔✔Made by uniting superimposed layers of different
materials. Typically the uppermost (visible) layer is of finer quality than the less
expensive base material.
Wood Veneer - ANSWER✔✔created by gluing a thin layer of wood of superior
value or excellent grain to an inferior wood.
Composition Board - ANSWER✔✔composed of particles of wood bonded
together with waterproof glue heat and pressure
Types of composition board - ANSWER✔✔particle board, hardboard, fiberboard,
oriented-strand board (OSB), medium-density fiberboard (MDF) and pressed
board. Distinguished by size and shape of the particles of wood used.
Plywood - ANSWER✔✔thin sheets of wood glued together, so that the grains are
at right angles to one another; an odd number of sheets will always be used so that
the grain on the front and back will always run in the same direction. Like a
laminate of many wood veneers.
Corrugated fiberboard or cardboard used as: - ANSWER✔✔basic construction
material in many cremation containers and widely used as an upholstery backing
material.
Types of Metals used in Casket Construction - ANSWER✔✔Carbon Steel,
Stainless Steel, Copper and Bronze
Ferrous Metal - ANSWER✔✔any metal formed from iron. Iron is a metallic, silver
white element that is easily formed, and shaped, rusts easily and is magnetically
attractive
, Non-ferrous Metal - ANSWER✔✔any metal not formed from iron such as copper
and bronze.
Alloy - ANSWER✔✔two or more metals fused together by melting
Steel AKA Carbon Steel - ANSWER✔✔a metal alloy consisting mainly of iron
and carbon; used in caskets it is low in carbon which keeps it soft 9mild) and
malleable; commercial steel contains carbon in and amount up to 1.7% as an
essential alloying constituent. Too much carbon makes the steel brittle.
Carbon steel caskets classified by: - ANSWER✔✔gauge- a measurement of
thickness of metals
Gauge - ANSWER✔✔roughly equated to the number of sheets of metal necessary
to equal approximately on inch of thickness. An inverse relationship exists
between the gauge number of the metal's thickness- the lower the gauge number
the thicker the steel.
Abbreviation of gauge - ANSWER✔✔"ga." Gauge is an abbreviation of United
States Standard Gauge established by the US Government in 1893
Common gauges of steel caskets - ANSWER✔✔16 gauge (finest available) 18
gauge (mid-line) and 20 gauge steel (economically priced)
20 gauge steel caskets - ANSWER✔✔typically square corner design, economically
priced, with interiors of rayon twill or crepe. Many automobile body panels made
from 20 gauge
19 gauge steel caskets - ANSWER✔✔Common a generation ago- infrequently
seen today. Approx. 16% thicker than 20 gauge steel, will last 29% longer when
earth buried.
18 gauge steel caskets - ANSWER✔✔Mid-line, variety of styles, typically lined
with higher quality textiles, higher standard of construction and attention to detail
than 20 gauge. Approx. 33% thicker and lasts 58% longer than 20 ga.
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