Biography & contributions
Irving Langmuir was born on January 31, 1881
Langmuir was an American chemist and physicist
Awards
1928, Perkin Medal
1932, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1934, Franklin Medal
1944, Faraday Medal
His first major development was the improvement of the diffusion pump
Langmuir invented high-vacuum tube
He also discovered that twisting the filament into a tight coil
Langmuir coined the term covalence
He used the term ‘plasma’
Langmuir invented hydrogen blowtorch
He discovered that clouds can be seeded with dry ice and iodide to trigger a reaction producing rain or snow
Langmuir is the namesake of the Langmuir isotherm
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