Constantin Cândea (; December 15, 1887 – March 4, 1971) was a

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of Chemistry,

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Engineer and later

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at the

Polytechnic University of Timișoara Polytechnic is most commonly used to refer to schools, colleges, or universities that qualify as an institute of technology or vocational university also sometimes called universities of applied sciences. Polytechnic may also refer to: Educatio ...

– formerly the Polytechnic School of Timișoara between 1946 and 1947. Coleta de Sabata, Ioan Munteanu - Remember: Professors of Polytechnic School of Timișoara, Timișoara: Helicon Publishing House, 1993, , p. 4

Life

Constantin Cândea graduated from Prince Ferdinand High School in

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in 1907, and in 1911 from Königlich Bayerische Technische Hochschule München, now

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. He was married to Maria (Antoniade) Cândea (October 2, 1889, Galați - April, 16, 1974,

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), teacher of French with

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and

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, who founded and led as

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the High School of

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. In the first year of activity of the Polytechnic School of Timișoara initiated by the Royal Decree No. 4822 of November 11, 1920 of King

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, Professor Ph.D. Eng. Constantin Cândea created the Chemistry Laboratory and Professor Ph.D. Eng. Constantin Stăncescu initiated the Physics Laboratory. He was Corresponding Member of the

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since December 21, 1935 and Full Member since December 20, 1936. He was

of The

- formerly Polytechnic School of Timișoara between 1946 and 1947. He died at the age of 83 and was buried in the

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, figure 4, in Bucharest.

Work

Constantin Cândea has published numerous works, including:
''Separation of copper group metals''
(Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.96, no.7, , pp. 276–276, 1934)
''Separation of the acidic sulfides of the other compounds of the sulphide precipitation''
(Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, vol.97, no.3, , pp. 118–118, 1934)
''Separation of the acidic sulfides of the other compounds of the sulphide precipitation''
(Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.97, no.3-4, pp. 118–118, 1934)
''Lead''
(Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.110, no.5, pp. 206–208, 1937)
''Qualitative analysis''
(Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.108, no.9, pp. 340–345, 1939)
''Fuels and petroleum based fuels''
(Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol.118, no.5, pp. 208–222, 1939) *''Methane in connection with national defense'' Ioan Scurtu, Corneliu Mihail Lungu - The history of the Romanian Academy of Sciences (1935-1948) volume 1
București, Bucharest, Romanian Academy of Scientists Publishing House, 2013, (Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Romania No. 10, 1942)
''Condensation of oxibenzaldehyde and nitrobenzaldehyde with 2.7 dinitrofluorura''
(European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, vol.75, no.12, , pp. 2017–2018, 1942)
''Organic nitrogen compounds''
(Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry), vol.125, no.1, pp. 48–57, 1943
''The reaction of methane with zinc chloride''
Angewandte Chemie, vol.56, no. 35–36, , pp. 247–248, 1943

External links

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Timișoara during soviet military occupation (Timișoara City Hall Monitor)
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Dr. Mircea Rusnac, Student protest movements of Timișoara before 1956

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caândea, Constantin 20th-century chemists Romanian chemists Technical University of Munich alumni Academic staff of the Politehnica University of Timișoara Rectors of Politehnica University of Timișoara People from Bacău County 1887 births 1971 deaths Burials at Bellu Cemetery Members of the Romanian Academy of Sciences