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    Irving Langmuir (/ˈlæŋmjʊər/; January 31, 1881 – August 16, 1957) was an American chemist, physicist, and engineer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in...
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  • Plasma oscillations, also known as Langmuir waves (after Irving Langmuir), are rapid oscillations of the electron density in conducting media such as...
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  • The Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics is awarded annually, in even years by the American Chemical Society and in odd years by the American Physical...
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    adsorption model. In 1916, Irving Langmuir presented his model for the adsorption of species onto simple surfaces. Langmuir was awarded the Nobel Prize...
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    acids) or nowadays commonly of nanoparticles. Langmuir–Blodgett films are named after Irving Langmuir and Katharine B. Blodgett, who invented this technique...
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    solid substrate. The idea of a Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) film was first proven feasible in 1917 when Irving Langmuir (Langmuir, 1917) showed that single water-surface...
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  • Stanford University Irving Langmuir (1881–1957), American Nobel Prize-winning chemist and physicist All pages with titles containing Langmuir This disambiguation...
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  • was first used by Irving Langmuir, Nobel Prize-winning chemist, during a 1953 colloquium at the Knolls Research Laboratory. Langmuir said a pathological...
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    the sea surface. Irving Langmuir discovered this phenomenon after observing windrows of seaweed in the Sargasso Sea in 1927. Langmuir circulations circulate...
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    The Irving Langmuir House is a historic house at 1176 Stratford Road in Schenectady, New York. Built about 1900, it was the home of physicist-chemist...
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  • chemistry. Langmuir publishes original research articles, invited feature articles, perspectives, and editorials. The title honors Irving Langmuir, winner...
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  • zeroth order reaction in component A. In this mechanism, suggested by Irving Langmuir in 1921 and further developed by Cyril Hinshelwood in 1926, two molecules...
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  • American physicist Irving Langmuir. The langmuir is defined by multiplying the pressure of the gas by the time of exposure. One langmuir corresponds to an...
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    A later account of the events attributes the idea to the chemist Irving Langmuir, who devised the concept while helping H.G. Wells conceive ideas for...
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  • Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics to honor outstanding achievements in the field of chemical physics. Named after the Nobel Laureate Irving Langmuir...
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  • negative layer. Sheaths were first described by American physicist Irving Langmuir. In 1923 he wrote: "Electrons are repelled from the negative electrode...
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    began to distinguish between valence and valence electrons. In 1919, Irving Langmuir refined these concepts further and renamed them the "cubical octet...
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  • Langmuir-Blodgett may refer to: Langmuir–Blodgett film Langmuir–Blodgett trough Irving Langmuir and Katharine Burr Blodgett This disambiguation page lists...
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    in a shielding atmosphere of hydrogen. The process was invented by Irving Langmuir in the course of his studies of atomic hydrogen. The electric arc efficiently...
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  • A Langmuir probe is a device used to determine the electron temperature, electron density, and electric potential of a plasma. It works by inserting one...
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    in following his Nobel Prize-winning uncle, Irving Langmuir, by specializing in surface science, Langmuir found advanced mathematics too difficult, leading...
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  • in mass spectrometry, developed by John Taylor based on the work of Irving Langmuir and K. H. Kingdon. This detector usually consists of a heated thin...
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  • Monolayer (redirect from Langmuir monolayer)
    ISBN 978-0-9678550-9-7. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) Monolayer Irving Langmuir demonstrating the preparation of monolayers on a water surface; 1939...
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    member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1967. He was awarded the Irving Langmuir Award in 1987. He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum...
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  • American radiation oncologist Irving Kaplansky (1917–2006), mathematician Irving Kaplan (chemist), an MIT professor Irving Langmuir (1881–1957), chemist and...
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  • theory Knudsen-Langmuir equation Saha–Langmuir equation Irving Langmuir House Langmuir (journal) Langmuir (crater) Langmuir (unit) Langmuir Laboratory for...
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    Langmuir realized that the effect was caused by charge screening, with an inner shell containing only 2 electrons. In his 1919 paper, Irving Langmuir...
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  • bioisosterism was originally formulated by James Moir and refined by Irving Langmuir as a response to the observation that different atoms with the same...
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  • New Mexico School of Mines), and others, including Nobel laureate Irving Langmuir, the namesake of the laboratory. The earlier studies took place on...
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    at school, Pauling became aware of the work of Gilbert N. Lewis and Irving Langmuir on the electronic structure of atoms and their bonding to form molecules...
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