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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932
Irving Langmuir

Irving Langmuir - Facts

Irving Langmuir

Irving Langmuir

Born: 31 January 1881, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Died: 16 August 1957, Falmouth, MA, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY, USA

Prize motivation: "for his discoveries and investigations in surface chemistry"

Field: Physical chemistry

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