Irving Langmuir

He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1932 for his discoveries and investigations in the field of surface chemistry. His research heavily focused on how gas molecules interact with solid surfaces.

It is a theoretical equation he developed to describe how gas molecules physically adhere to a solid surface. The model assumes that molecules form a single layer (monolayer) of coverage on a perfectly uniform surface.

He spent nearly his entire industrial career working for the General Electric (GE) Research Laboratory in Schenectady, New York. During his time there, he made significant improvements to the incandescent light bulb.

Yes, he was also a pioneer in the fields of meteorology and atmospheric science. He conducted early, highly successful experiments in cloud seeding, researching how to artificially induce rain using dry ice and silver iodide.