I think this was actually covered by Adam and Jamie on Mythbusters. As I remember they put a dead pig in concrete and yes it did decompose and leave a pig shaped void in the concrete. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Thomas Bauer (Venture-USA) Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 1:12 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] NTC: Friday type question Here is a question to ponder over for this Friday type day. Yes, Jimmy Hoffa was in the discussion. If a human body was to be placed in a bed of curing concrete, would the body decompose? If the entire body is encased in the middle of said concrete that is say 4 sq ft thick on all sides, would there be any microscopic deterioration or would the little critters still infiltrate and do there "thing"? This was just a casual discussion amongst co-workers so I thought it would be a good Friday question. Any takers? Oh, if the body did fully decompose, would the structural integrity of the concrete be affected? Thomas Bauer --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------