Irving langmuir: o milagre da ciência

Química Nova

Marcos Gugliotti¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Química Departamento de Química FundamentalSão Paulo SP

关键词: Irving Langmuir;    chemistry;    industrial research;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-40422001000400020

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Irving Langmuir received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1932 "...for his outstanding discoveries and investigations within the field of surface chemistry", according to the Swedish Academy. However, few people know that his work comprises other very important contributions, and not only for chemistry, such as the discovery of plasma, the atomic hydrogen, the pure thermoionic phenomenon, the development of the cloud seeding technique for weather modification, among many others. This paper summarizes Langmuir's most important discoveries and theories, with an especial mention for his practical inventions and his work on the atomic theory.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC   
 All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License