The Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics is awarded annually, in even years by the
American Chemical Society
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and in odd years by the
American Physical Society. The award is meant to recognize and encourage outstanding
interdisciplinary research in
chemistry and
physics
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, in the spirit of
Irving Langmuir. A nominee must have made an outstanding contribution to chemical physics or physical chemistry within the 10 years preceding the year in which the award is made. The award will be granted without restriction, except that the recipient must be a resident of the
United States
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.
The award was established in 1931 by Dr. A.C. Langmuir, brother of
Nobel Prize
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-winning chemist
Irving Langmuir, to recognize the best young chemist in the United States. A $10,000 prize was to be awarded annually by the American Chemical Society. The first recipient was
Linus Pauling. In 1964, the General Electric Foundation took over the financial backing of the prize, which was renamed the Irving Langmuir Award and the modern selection process was created. In 2006 the
GE Global Research
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* Global Research Center in Niskayuna, New York, established as the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady in 1900 and ...
took over sponsorship of the award, and since 2009 the award has been co-sponsored between GE Global Research and the ACS Division of Physical Chemistry.
Past recipients
Source
American Physical Societyan
See also
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List of physics awards
This list of physics awards is an index to articles about notable awards for physics.
The list includes lists of awards by the American Physical Society of the United States, and of the Institute of Physics of the United Kingdom, followed by a li ...
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List of chemistry awards
This list of chemistry awards is an index to articles about notable awards for chemistry. It includes awards by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society, the Society of Chemical Industry and awards by other organizations.
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References
External links
Irving Langmuir Page at the American Chemical Society SiteIrving Langmuir Page at the American Physical Society Site
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Awards of the American Chemical Society
Awards of the American Physical Society
Physical chemistry
Awards established in 1931