Langmuir

Langmuir means:

• an outdated physical unit of dose D in surface chemistry, see Langmuir (unit)
• in physics a special form of sorption isotherms, see Langmuir isotherms
• a wind-driven circulation of sea water, see Langmuir circulation
• a scientific journal on surface and colloid chemistry, see Langmuir (journal)
• a measuring device for determining the electrical properties of a plasma, see Langmuir probe

Langmuir is a family name for the following people:

• Alexander Langmuir (1910–1993) American epidemiologist
• Charles Langmuir (* 1950), geologist and nephew of Irving Langmuir
• Irving Langmuir (1881–1957), American physicist, chemist and Nobel laureate in chemistry

See also :

• Langmuir-Blodgett layer , a layer made up of one or more layers of organic molecules
• Langmuir layer (incandescent lamp) , an effect related to the incandescent lamp
• Langmuir-Taylor detector
• Irving Langmuir Award
• Langmuir Cove , a bay named after Irving Langmuir in Graham Land, Antarctica

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.