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Chemicals used in current day embalming are: formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, methanol and ethanol.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe chemical used to embalm (or mummify) a body in ancient Egypt was Natron. It is sodium carbonate mined in the Natron Valley, hence the name, and it pulls the moisture out of a body.
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∙ 11y agothey used salt and let it sit just like meat.
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∙ 11y agosalt then they let it sit untill it dryed the body fully
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∙ 6y agoThis substance is formakdehyde.
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∙ 6y agoNow formaldehyde is used.
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∙ 6y agoEgyptians used Na2CO3 and NaHCO3.
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∙ 6y agoThis chemical is formaldehyde.
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What is the use of cao?
quick lime is used for drying out dead bodies, used in mass graves
What is an Egypt chemical used to preserve bodies?
In ancient Egypt, the following things were commonly done to preserve corpses: * Soft tissue and organs would be removed, because they decompose quickly. * Bodies would dried over a varying course of time in a substance called "natron" and it's attributes were similar to salt. This didn't wasn't practiced until the Middle Kingdom, however. (Before, the heat of the desert was relied upon) * Mummies would be wrapped in linen to keep out invading organisms (insects, etc)
Who is noted as the first Filipino forensic pathologist who used DNA fingerprinting in identifying unrecognizable dead bodies?
Dr. Raquel Fortun
What all the chemical used in chemical earthing?
Sulfuric acid is used in chemical earthing
What substance do you use to preserve organisms?
Formaldehyde, also known as methanal is often used to preserve specimens. It is used as a 40% solution in water known as formalin.
What chemical used to preserve dead bodies?
Formaldehyde
What the chemical used to preserve body?
Embalming fluidThe chemical to preserve bodies is Natron
What is a chemical used to preserve bodies?
there is not a chemical but more like a sticky sap called resin that was used to embalm or preserve bodies of the wealthy & pharaohs
What is the chemical used to preserve bodies called?
natron
What was a chemical used to preserve bodies?
Natron ;D
What is Chemical used to preserve bodies called?
natron
What chemical was used to preserve bodies in ancient times?
salt
Egypt chemical used to preserve bodies?
Natron; a form of salt
What is the chemical which is used to preserve bodies called?
You think probable to formaldehyde.
What was the thing called that is a chemical used to preserve bodies?
It's called Natron
What chemical was used to preserve bodies?
it waz called natron, ti waz uzed to suck water from the bodies
Chemical used in ancient Egypt to preserve bodies?
the chemical they use in ancient Egypt was, Notron.
