The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932
Awarded on: 1932-11-10
"for his discoveries and investigations in surface chemistry"
Affiliations:
- General Electric Company – Schenectady, NY, USA
Irving Langmuir
Born: 1881-01-31 in Brooklyn, NY, USA
Gender: male
Field: American chemist and physicist (1881–1957)
Biography
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.