Aleksandar Despić (January 6, 1927–April 7, 2005) was a

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and academic. Despić received his PhD degree from the

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. He was a professor at the Faculty of Technology,

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and his scientific interests include fundamental and applied

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. He was the President of the

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from 1994 to 1998.

Selected works

# A.R.Despic, K.I.Popov, Transport Controlled Deposition and Dissolution of Metals, Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry, Plenum Press, New York, 1972, Vol.7, Ch.4 # A.R.Despic, Deposition and Dissolution of Metals and Alloys, part B: Mechanism, Kinetics, Texture and Morphology, in: Comprehensive Treatise on Electrochemιstry, ed. J.O.M.Bockris, B.E.Conway, E.Yeager, Plenum Press, New York, 1983, Vol.7, Ch.7b # A.Despic, V.Parkhutik, Electrochemistry of Aluminium in Aqueous Solutions and Physics of Its Anodic Oxides, in: Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry, ed. J.O.M.Bockris, R.E.White, B.E.Conway, Plenum Press, New York, 1989, Vol.20, Ch.6. # A.R.Despic, The use of aluminium in energy conversion and storage, in: Chemistry and Energy - I, ed.C.A.C.Sequeira, Sintra (Portugal), 1990. (Materials science monographs, 65.) # A.R.Despic, V.D.Jovic, Electrochemical Deposition and Dissolution of Alloys and Metal Composites - Fundamentals Aspects, Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry, Plenum Press, New York, 1995, Vol.27, Ch.2.

Sources

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Serbian chemists 1927 births 2005 deaths Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Academic staff of the University of Belgrade {{Serbia-academic-bio-stub