Irving Langmuir

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United States chemist who studied surface chemistry and developed the gas-filled tungsten lamp and worked on high temperature electrical discharges (1881-1957)

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In 1913, Irving Langmuir found that filling a lamp with inert gas instead of a vacuum resulted in twice the luminous efficacy and reduction of bulb blackening. Source: Internet

Irving Langmuir found that an inert gas, instead of vacuum, would retard evaporation. Source: Internet

Morris Kline, Mathematics and the Search for Knowledge (1986), page 214. citation citation * Irving Langmuir (1881–1957): American chemist and physicist. Source: Internet

The term covalence in regard to bonding was first used in 1919 by Irving Langmuir in a Journal of the American Chemical Society article entitled "The Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms and Molecules". Source: Internet

The development of the diffusion pump in 1915 and improvement by Irving Langmuir led to the development of high-vacuum tubes. Source: Internet

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