HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Algor mortis (Latin: algor-coldness; mortis-of death), the third stage of death, is the change in body temperature post mortem, until the ambient temperature is matched.

Detailed explanation-2: -Algor mortis is translated from Latin as “cold death” and describes the postmortem temperature change after someone has died. After death, individuals no longer produce body heat or cooling mechanisms and the decedent temperature slowly approaches ambient temperature.

Detailed explanation-3: -Algor mortis is the name used to describe the normal cooling of a body after death as it equilibrates with the ambient temperature.

Detailed explanation-4: -Algor mortis is the postmortem cooling of body temperature until it equalizes the temperature of the surrounding environment. The rate of cooling lags initially, then becomes linear before slowing down again as it approaches the ambient temperature, giving a sigmoid-shaped curve when graphically represented.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to Algor Mortis table reference for bodies submerged under water (Vergara López C, p. 6), for the first twelve hours, the body’s temperature drop is of 1.6° Celsius per hour, and after the first twelve hours, the loss is of 0.8° C per hour.