Charles E. Weir

Charles E. Weir (September 29, 1911–April 4, 1987) was a chemist and physicist known for being one of the four co-inventors of the diamond anvil cell at the National Bureau of Standards in the late 1950s, with Alvin Van Valkenburg, Ellis Lippincott and Elmer Bunting. Weir had the principal role in designing the first diamond anvil cell, and built it by hand using the machining tools available in his lab.[1] The original device was first described in a paper[2] on high-pressure infrared absorption measurements of calcium carbonate. Later, Weir collaborated in the development of diamond anvil cells for powder[2] and single-crystal[3][4] X-ray diffraction.

  1. ^ Piermarini, Gasper J. (2008). "Diamond Anvil Cell Techniques". Static Compression of Energetic Materials. Springer. pp. 1–74. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-68151-9_1. ISBN 978-3-540-68151-9.
  2. ^ a b Weir, C. E.; Lippincott, E. R.; Van Valkenburg, A.; Bunting, E. N. (1959). "Infrared Studies in the 1- to 15-Micron Region to 30,000 Atmospheres". Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A. 63A (1): 55–62. doi:10.6028/jres.063A.003. PMC 5287102. PMID 31216141.
  3. ^ Block, S.; Weir, C. W.; Piermarini, G. J. (14 May 1965). "High-Pressure Single-Crystal Studies of Ice VI". Science. 148 (3672): 947–948. Bibcode:1965Sci...148..947B. doi:10.1126/science.148.3672.947. PMID 17751043. S2CID 23718058.
  4. ^ Weir, C.; Block, S.; Piermarini, G.. (October 1965). "Single-crystal x-ray diffraction at high pressures". Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section C. 69C (4): 275. doi:10.6028/jres.069c.032. S2CID 85442012.