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The effects of moisture, oxygen, and acidity upon the aging of Kraft and thermally upgraded ('Insuldur[R]') papers have been studied in detail. The results for Kraft are consistent with the kinetic model and parameters proposed earlier by Emsley et al., and with the principle that moisture promotes acid-hydrolysis by causing carboxylic acids to dissociate. Moisture is released during the aging of Kraft and, hence, its aging is auto-acceleratory. In contrast, Insuldur consumed moisture under the same conditions, aged more slowly, and its aging was less accelerated by added moisture. 2-Furfuraldehyde (2FAL), which is a dehydration product of pentosans and, hence, an index of moisture production, is also released from Kraft during aging, but not from Insuldur. Acids are, however, produced from both types of paper. Theoretical explanations for these findings are proposed, and their practical implications for transformer maintenance are discussed. Index Terms--Acids, aging, hydrolysis, maintenance, oil, oxidation, paper, transformer, 2-Furfuraldehyde, water.

The mnemonic, SCYLLA MEETS CHARYBDIS - EPIC NEWS MUCH ALARMS SICILY, has been used as a teaching aid for the nine inositols and their conformational formulas for 15 years with perfect recall among former students taught 10 years ago. The prefixes, scyllo-, meso-, chiro-, epi-, neo-, muco-, allo- and cis-, are hard to remember despite their importance to aminocyclitol antibiotics. The mnemonic places the nine prefixes in an order that allows for a defined sequence of imaginary configurational inversions, leading to the configurations logically. The derivations are provided.