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title: "List of things named after Irving Langmuir"
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Irving Langmuir (1881–1957), American chemist and physicist who made significant contributions to several widely varied areas of modern science, is the eponym of the topics listed below.


== Science ==
Child–Langmuir law
Hill–Langmuir equation
Langmuir adsorption model
Langmuir–Blodgett film
Langmuir wave
Langmuir–Blodgett trough
Langmuir's examples
Langmuir–Hinshelwood kinetics
Langmuir isotherm
Langmuir lattice
Langmuir–McLean theory
Langmuir monolayer
Langmuir probe
Dual segmented Langmuir probe
Langmuir–Taylor detector
Langmuir torch
Langmuir turbulence
Langmuir circulation
Langmuir equation
Langmuir wave
Langmuir states
Lewis–Langmuir theory
Knudsen-Langmuir equation
Saha–Langmuir equation


== Other ==
Irving Langmuir House
Langmuir (journal)
Langmuir (crater)
Langmuir (unit)
Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
Irving Langmuir Award
Langmuir Cove
Langmuir Hall, Stony Brook University