Kerogen structural studies—oxidations with alkaline permanganate and with ferric chloride

To Professor Petar Pfendt, In calidum, et plurium retributivus memoriae: FTIR-ATR analysis of post stamps of Principality of Serbia issued in 1866 and 1868 and their forgeries

“…In most of the occasions historical facts were only the inspiration for more applicative ideas, elaborating and connecting history (and other topics) with chemistry, overviewing the potential application of chemical methods, including analytical ones, in other areas of contemporary life, such as art, archaeology or sport. His interest in history, as well as the fact that late professor Pfendt was a person of different and wide areas of interest, and deep and profound knowledge of chemistry, with publication in chemistry of oil shales, 2 aquifers and alluvial sediments, 3 coal, 4 water quality, 5 environmental consequences of war activities, 6 laboratory equipment, 7 processes occurring in soil, 8 air 9 and chemical education. 10 These were the reasons why the authors of this paper have decided unanimously to devote the study below, the study that is including history and applied chemistry, to the memory of Professor Petar Pfendt, the scholar and the teacher.…”