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Irving Langmuir

1881–1957

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Irving Langmuir (1881–1957) was an American physical chemist and physicist, awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on surface chemistry. He made foundational contributions to plasma physics, atomic theory, and the development of the gas-filled incandescent light bulb, and was a pioneer in the study of monomolecular films.

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The Adsorption of Gases on Plane Surfaces of Glass, Mica and Platinum
The Constitution and Fundamental Properties of Solids and Liquids
Chemical Reactions at Low Pressures
The Mechanism of the Catalytic Action of Platinum in the Reactions of Hydrogen and Oxygen
The Theory of the Electron and the Positive Ion

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