Irving Langmuir
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American chemist and physicist
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Irving Langmuir's Degrees
- PhD Chemistry University of Göttingen
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Irving Langmuir was an American chemist, physicist, and engineer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1932 for his work in surface chemistry. Langmuir's most famous publication is the 1919 article "The Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms and Molecules" in which, building on Gilbert N. Lewis's cubical atom theory and Walther Kossel's chemical bonding theory, he outlined his "concentric theory of atomic structure". Langmuir became embroiled in a priority dispute with Lewis over this work; Langmuir's presentation skills were largely responsible for the popularization of the theory, although the credit for the theory itself belongs mostly to Lewis. While at General Electric from 1909 to 1950, Langmuir advanced several fields of physics and chemistry, inventing the gas-filled incandescent lamp and the hydrogen welding technique. The Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research near Socorro, New Mexico, was named in his honor, as was the American Chemical Society journal for surface science called Langmuir.
Irving Langmuir's Published Works
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Published Works
- THE ADSORPTION OF GASES ON PLANE SURFACES OF GLASS, MICA AND PLATINUM. (1918) (18065)
- THE CONSTITUTION AND FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS (8173)
- THE CONSTITUTION AND FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS. II. LIQUIDS.1 (1917) (1706)
- The constitution and fundamental properties of solids and liquids. Part II.—Liquids (1917) (1692)
- Oscillations in Ionized Gases. (1928) (838)
- Built-Up Films of Barium Stearate and Their Optical Properties (1937) (784)
- The Effect of Space Charge and Residual Gases on Thermionic Currents in High Vacuum (1913) (782)
- The Interaction of Electron and Positive Ion Space Charges in Cathode Sheaths (1929) (759)
- A General Theory of the Plasma of an Arc (1929) (645)
- SURFACE MOTION OF WATER INDUCED BY WIND. (1938) (562)
- The Role of Attractive and Repulsive Forces in the Formation of Tactoids, Thixotropic Gels, Protein Crystals and Coacervates (1938) (537)
- The Vapor Pressure of Metallic Tungsten (1913) (524)
- The Effect of Space Charge and Initial Velocities on the Potential Distribution and Thermionic Current between Parallel Plane Electrodes (1923) (497)
- Currents Limited by Space Charge between Coaxial Cylinders (1923) (400)
- The mechanism of the catalytic action of platinum in the reactions 2Co + O2= 2Co2 and 2H2+ O2= 2H2O (394)
- mathematical investigation of water droplet trajectories (1946) (387)
- Currents Limited by Space Charge between Concentric Spheres (1924) (358)
- THE ARRANGEMENT OF ELECTRONS IN ATOMS AND MOLECULES. (1919) (356)
- THE PRODUCTION OF RAIN BY A CHAIN REACTION IN CUMULUS CLOUDS AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING (1948) (318)
- VAPOR PRESSURES, EVAPORATION, CONDENSATION AND ADSORPTION (1932) (317)
- Oil Lenses on Water and the Nature of Monomolecular Expanded Films (1933) (296)
- Activities of Urease and Pepsin Monolayers (1938) (292)
- The mechanism of the surface phenomena of flotation (285)
- Discussion on “the radiation theory of chemical action” (273)
- The Effect of Dissolved Salts on Insoluble Monolayers (1937) (269)
- The Evaporation of Small Spheres (1918) (261)
- Thermionic Effects Caused by Vapours of Alkali Metals (242)
- Electrical Discharges in Gases Part II. Fundamental Phenomena in Electrical Discharges (1931) (241)
- The Evaporation, Condensation and Reflection of Molecules and the Mechanism of Adsorption (1916) (221)
- CHEMICAL REACTIONS AT LOW PRESSURES.1 (1915) (193)
- TYPES OF VALENCE. (1921) (179)
- ISOMORPHISM, ISOSTERISM AND COVALENCE. (1919) (175)
- THE DISSOCIATION OF HYDROGEN INTO ATOMS. [PART II.] CALCULATION OF THE DEGREE OF DISSOCIATION AND THE HEAT OF FORMATION. (1915) (156)
- OVERTURNING AND ANCHORING OF MONOLAYERS. (1938) (151)
- Scattering of Electrons in Ionized Gases (1925) (149)
- Electrical Discharges in Gases. Part I. Survey of Fundamental Processes (1930) (134)
- REPULSIVE FORCES BETWEEN CHARGED SURFACES IN WATER, AND THE CAUSE OF THE JONES-RAY EFFECT. (1938) (129)
- Composition of Fatty Acid Films on Water Containing Calcium or Barium Salts (1936) (118)
- Part II.—“Heterogeneous reactions”. Chemical reactions on surfaces (115)
- The Electron Emission from Thoriated Tungsten Filaments (1923) (112)
- The pressure effect and other phenomena in gaseous discharges (1923) (111)
- A CHEMICALLY ACTIVE MODIFICATION OF HYDROGEN.5 (1912) (109)
- THE DISSOCIATION OF HYDROGEN INTO ATOMS.1 (1912) (103)
- The Effect of Monomolecular Films on the Evaporation of Ether Solutions. (95)
- Properties and Structure of Protein Monolayers. (1939) (95)
- POSITIVE ION CURRENTS FROM THE POSITIVE COLUMN OF MERCURY ARCS. (1923) (93)
- A NEW TYPE OF ELECTRIC DISCHARGE: THE STREAMER DISCHARGE. (1924) (89)
- Mechanical properties of monomolecular films (1934) (84)
- CHEMICAL REACTIONS AT VERY LOW PRESSURES. I. THE CLEAN-UP OF OXYGEN IN A TUNGSTEN LAMP. (1913) (78)
- THE DISSOCIATION OF HYDROGEN INTO ATOMS. Part I. Experimental. (1914) (78)
- THE VELOCITY OF REACTIONS IN GASES MOVING THROUGH HEATED VESSELS AND THE EFFECT OF CONVECTION AND DIFFUSION. (1908) (72)
- THE ADSORPTION OF PROTEINS AT OIL-WATER INTERFACES AND ARTIFICIAL PROTEIN-LIPOID MEMBRANES (1938) (68)
- Chemical Reactions at Low Pressures. (1915) (68)
- THERMIONIC EFFECTS CAUSED BY ALKALI VAPORS IN VACUUM TUBES. (1923) (67)
- THE DISSOCIATION OF HYDROGEN INTO ATOMS. III. THE MECHANISM OF THE REACTION. (1916) (66)
- Thoriated tungsten filaments (1934) (66)
- OXYGEN FILMS ON TUNGSTEN. I. A STUDY OF STABILITY BY MEANS OF ELECTRON EMISSION IN PRESENCE OF CESIUM VAPOR (1931) (64)
- The Mobility of Caesium Atoms Adsorbed on Tungsten (1932) (63)
- Pilgrim Trust Lecture, Molecular layers (1939) (62)
- CHEMICAL REACTIONS AT VERY LOW PRESSURES. II. THE CHEMICAL CLEAN-UP OF NITROGEN IN A TUNGSTEN LAMP (1913) (60)
- BUILT-UP FILMS OF PROTEINS AND THEIR PROPERTIES. (1937) (60)
- OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF THE THICKNESS OF A FILM ADSORBED FROM A SOLUTION (1937) (59)
- The convection and conduction of heat in gases (1912) (57)
- Forces Near the Surfaces of Molecules. (57)
- THE REMOVAL OF THORIUM FROM THE SURFACE OF A THORIATED TUNGSTEN FILAMENT BY POSITIVE ION BOMBARDMENT (1923) (56)
- The characteristics of tungsten filaments as functions of temperature (1916) (56)
- Pressure-Soluble and Pressure-Displaceable Components of Monolayers of Native and Denatured Proteins (1940) (53)
- The Shapes of Group Molecules Forming the Surfaces of Liquids. (1917) (49)
- TWO-DIMENSIONAL GASES, LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS. (1936) (45)
- Monolayers and Multilayers of Chlorophyll (1937) (43)
- The Condensation and Evaporation of Gas Molecules. (1917) (42)
- Multilayers of Sterols and the Adsorption of Digitonin by Deposited Monolayers (1937) (41)
- The Structure of the Helium Atom (1921) (41)
- Accommodation Coefficient of Hydrogen; A Sensitive Detector of Surface Films (1932) (40)
- The Structure of Atoms and the Octet Theory of Valence. (1919) (40)
- The Melting-Point of Tungsten (1915) (39)
- The Nature of Adsorbed Films of Caesium on Tungsten. Part I. The Space Charge Sheath and the Image Force (1933) (37)
- The Convection and Conduction of Heat in Gases (37)
- THE OCTET THEORY OF VALENCE AND ITS APPLICATIONS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS. (1920) (37)
- Monolayers on solids (1940) (35)
- Phenomena, atoms and molecules (1950) (35)
- Electric discharges in gases at low pressures (1932) (33)
- The Vapor Pressure of the Metals Platinum and Molybdenum (1914) (33)
- The Effect of end Losses on the Characteristics of Filaments of Tungsten and Other Materials (1930) (32)
- A Study of Light Signals in Aviation and Navigation (1931) (31)
- Surface Electrification Due to the Recession of Aqueous Solutions from Hydrophobic Surfaces (1938) (27)
- Improved Methods of Conditioning Surfaces for Adsorption (1937) (26)
- Control of precipitation from cumulus clouds by various seeding techniques. (1950) (24)
- Science, Common Sense and Decency (1943) (21)
- A High Vacuum Mercury Vapor Pump of Extreme Speed (1916) (21)
- CONTROL OF AN ARC DISCHARGE BY MEANS OF A GRID. (1929) (19)
- THE SPEED OF THE DEER FLY. (1938) (19)
- RADIATION AS A FACTOR IN CHEMICAL ACTION. (1920) (19)
- THE DISSOCIATION OF WATER VAPOR AND CARBON DIOXIDE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES. (1906) (19)
- Note on "Oscillations in Ionized Gases" (1929) (16)
- THE STRUCTURE OF THE HELIUM ATOM. (1920) (16)
- The condensation pump: An improved form of high vacuum pump (1916) (15)
- Salted-Out Protein Films (1938) (15)
- CESIUM FILMS ON TUNGSTEN (1932) (14)
- FLAMES OF ATOMIC HYDROGEN. (1925) (12)
- The Design of Tungsten Springs to Hold Tungsten Filaments Taut (1934) (12)
- A Seven-Day Periodicity in Weather in United States During April, 1950 (1950) (11)
- The Heat Conductivity of Tungsten and the Cooling Effects of Leads upon Filaments at Low Temperatures (1936) (10)
- An Extension of the Phase Rule for Adsorption under Equilibrium and Non‐Equilibrium Conditions (1933) (10)
- The growth of particles in smokes and clouds and the production of snow from super-cooled clouds. (1948) (10)
- CONDENSATION AND EVAPORATION OF GAS MOLECULES (1917) (9)
- CHEMICAL REACTIONS AT LOW PRESSURES. IV. THE CLEANUP OF NITROGEN BY A HEATED MOLYBDENUM FILAMENT.1 (1919) (9)
- Flames of Atomic Hydrogen1,2 (1927) (9)
- Diffusion of Electrons Back to an Emitting Electrode in a Gas (1931) (9)
- Chandler Lecture - "Electrochemical Interactions of Tungsten, Thorium Caesium, and Oxygen" (1930) (8)
- Structure of Proteins (1939) (8)
- Nature of the Cyclol Bond (1939) (8)
- The collected works of Irving Langmuir : with contributions in memoriam including a complete bibliography of his works (1960) (7)
- Regions of Reversed Magnetization in Strained Wires (1931) (7)
- Vector Maps and Crystal Analysis (1938) (7)
- Tungsten Lamps of High Efficiency-I (1913) (6)
- The Pure Electron Discharge And Its Applications In Radio Telegraphy And Telephony (1915) (6)
- SECTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND METEOROLOGY: CLOUD SEEDING BY MEANS OF DRY ICE, SILVER IODIDE, AND SODIUM CHLORIDE*† (1951) (6)
- The arrangement of electrons in atoms and molecules (1919) (5)
- MODERN CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS AND THEIR RELATION TO CHEMISTRY. (1929) (5)
- Laws of Heat Transmission in Electrical Machinery (4)
- MY TRIP TO RUSSIA (1946) (4)
- Experiments with oil on water (1931) (3)
- EFFECT OF X-RAYS ON SURFACE POTENTIALS OF MULTILAYERS (1938) (3)
- Tungsten lamps of high efficiency — I and II (1913) (3)
- A SIMPLE METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF IONIZATION PHENOMENA IN GASES. (1924) (3)
- Radiation and Absorption of Energy by Tungsten Filaments at Low Temperatures (1935) (3)
- Langmuir, the man and the scientist (1962) (2)
- Atomic hydrogen as an aid to industrial research. (1928) (2)
- Conduction of Electricity through Gases (2)
- THE STRUCTURE OF THE STATIC ATOM. (1921) (2)
- Theories of Atomic Structure. (1920) (2)
- The Alleged Production of Adsorbed Films on Tungsten by Active Nitrogen (1931) (2)
- On the Surface Heat of Charging (1927) (2)
- ATOMIC HYDROGEN AS AN AID TO INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. (1928) (2)
- Discussion on “heterogeneous reactions” (2)
- World control of atomic energy. (1946) (1)
- Science and incentives in Russia. (1946) (1)
- A NEW PHOTO-ELECTRIC EFFECT REFLECTION OF ELECTRONCS INDUCED BY LIGHT. (1923) (1)
- A FILM WHICH ADSORBS ATOMIC H AND DOES NOT ADSORB H2 (1932) (1)
- Tungsten Lamps of High Efficiency-II (1913) (1)
- The Structure of Atoms and Its Bearing on Chemical Valence (1920) (1)
- Low-pressure phenomena (1960) (1)
- Tungsten lamps of high efficiency — II. Nitrogen-filled lamps (1913) (1)
- Erratum: Heat Conductivity of Tungsten and the Cooling Effects of Leads upon Filaments at Low Temperatures (1936) (1)
- Fundamental Research and Its Human Value (1938) (1)
- Airplane Tracks in the Surface of Stratus Clouds (1936) (1)
- Fundamental industrial research (1934) (1)
- New Laureate Explains His Present Work (1932) (0)
- Back of Frontispiece (1933) (0)
- Address of Acceptance. (1915) (0)
- A New Vacuum Gage of Extreme Sensitiveness (1913) (0)
- Kinetic Theory and Electric Conduction through Gases (1929) (0)
- A New Photo-Electric Effect Reflection of Electrons Induced by Light (1923) (0)
- Electric discharges in vacuum and in gases at low pressures : November, 1934, advance copy of lecture III, to be delivered in Tokyo, Sendai and Kyoto (0)
- Priestley Medal Award (1929) (0)
- Heat conductivity of tungsten at high temperatures and the Wiedemann-Franz-Lorenz relation (1916) (0)
- Plasma and oscillations (1961) (0)
- Heat transfer-incandescent tungsten (1960) (0)
- ATOMIC THEORY IN BASEBALL TERMS (1920) (0)
- Clouds Partially Veil Eclipse; Observers Win against Odds (1932) (0)
- Eminent American Chemists (1924) (0)
- Structure of matter (1961) (0)
- Incentives for science (1944) (0)
- Phenomena, Atoms and Molecules: an attempt to interpret phenomena in terms of mechanisms or atomic interactions (1950) (0)
- Address of Irving Langmuir (1930) (0)
- Radiation from tungsten filaments and the mechanical equivalent of light (1916) (0)
- Closure to “Discussion of ‘A Study of Light Signals in Aviation and Navigation’” (1932, Trans. ASME, 54(1), pp. 189–190) (1932) (0)
- The Anniversary Dinner (1939) (0)
- Molecular films the cyclotron and the new biology (1942) (0)
- (1) An Introduction to Surface Chemistry (2) The Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces (1930) (0)
- Der Dampfdruck metallischen Wolframs = The vapor pressure of metallic tungsten (0)
- The charge on the electron and the value of Planck's constant h (1920) (0)
- Langmuir's Address (1943) (0)
- Personalities in Science (1937) (0)
- Invisible Films on Water Give New Research Tools (1937) (0)
- At the Rock Bottom of Matter (1920) (0)
- Laws of heat transmission in electrical machinery (0)
- XVIII.Note on the heat of formation of hydrogen from hydrogen atoms (0)
- Properties of matter (1961) (0)
- Tungsten Lamps of High Efficiency—I (1913) (0)
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