Langmuir
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Langmuir is a scientific unit used in (material) surface science.
It is also the name of:
- Irving Langmuir, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist and physicist, developer of the Langmuir probe; see also Irving Langmuir House.
- Langmuir circulation, a wind-driven ocean circulation discovered by Irving Langmuir
- Langmuir isotherm, an adsorption isotherm theorized by Irving Langmuir
- Charles Langmuir, a geologist and nephew of Irving Langmuir
- Alexander Langmuir, an epidemiologist
- Langmuir (journal), an academic journal on colloids, surfaces, and interfaces, published by the American Chemical Society