Langmuir may refer to:
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Langmuir (crater), an impact crater on the Moon's far side
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''Langmuir'' (journal), an academic journal on colloids, surfaces and interfaces, published by the American Chemical Society
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Langmuir (unit) The langmuir (symbol: L) is a unit of exposure (or dosage) to a surface (''e.g.'' of a crystal) and is used in ultra-high vacuum (UHV) surface physics to study the adsorption of gases. It is a practical unit, and is not dimensionally homogeneous, ...
, a unit of exposure of an adsorbate/gas to a substrate used in surface science to study adsorption
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Langmuir Cove
Arrowsmith Peninsula () is a cape about long on the west coast of Graham Land, west of Forel Glacier, Sharp Glacier and Lallemand Fjord, and northwest of Bourgeois Fjord, with Hanusse Bay lying to the northwest. It was surveyed by the Falkland I ...
, a cove in the north end of Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land, Antarctica
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Langmuir monolayer A monolayer is a single, closely packed layer of atoms, molecules, or cells. In some cases it is referred to as a self-assembled monolayer. Monolayers of layered crystals like graphene and molybdenum disulfide are generally called 2D materials.
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, a one-molecule thick layer of an insoluble organic material spread onto an aqueous subphase in a Langmuir-Blodgett trough
People
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Alexander Langmuir (1910–1993), American epidemiologist
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Gavin I. Langmuir
Gavin I. Langmuir (April 2, 1924 – July 10, 2005) was a Canadian medievalist historian. Much of his work focused on the Jews of medieval England and the history of antisemitism.
Veteran of World War II, a historian of antisemitism, and a medi ...
(1924–2005), Canadian veteran of World War II, historian of anti-Semitism and medievalist at Stanford University
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Irving Langmuir
Irving Langmuir (; January 31, 1881 – August 16, 1957) 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 art ...
(1881–1957), American Nobel Prize-winning chemist and physicist
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