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Irving Langmuir

American chemist and physicist (1881–1957)

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Lived 1881–1957, aged 76United States
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    1881–1957
    Aged 76
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Chemist and physicist who won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for cracking surface chemistry. Langmuir made his name studying what happens when molecules meet a solid or liquid boundary.

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Irving Langmuir was an American chemist, physicist, and metallurgical engineer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1932 for his work in surface chemistry.

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