Abstract: A creosote removal compound comprising hydrated aluminum silicate in an amount totaling between forty and eighty percent of the total overall mixture, calcium hydroxide in an amount totaling between fifteen and fifty percent of the total overall mixture and sodium bicarbonate in an amount totaling between five and twenty-five percent of the total overall mixture. The compound is formed having a mesh size of about three hundered and fifty so as to enable the same to be applied using a conventional dusting device. In other embodiments, the amount of the sodium bicarbonate may be substituted therefore with potassium bicarbonate. In another embodiment, the calcium hydroxide may be reduced by as much as twenty-five percent of the total mixture and substituted therefore with magnesium hydroxide. The compound lends itself to direct dry application to the creosote.

Abstract: A dielectric liquid composition for use in an electrical apparatus, such as a transformer. The dielectric composition is composed of 10% to 90% by weight of one or more hydrocarbon oils having a molecular weight distribution peak in the range of 460 to 720, and the balance being a polyalphaolefin having a molecular weight distribution peak of 320 to 600. The dielectric liquid composition has a fire point above 300.degree. C., a pour point at least as low as -20.degree. C., and is thermally stable and essentially biodegradable.