March 2012 - Ifeffit - millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov

running ifeffit-1.2.11 under 64-bit Windows 7
by sameh 07 Mar '12

07 Mar '12

Hi, I have a new computer with 64-bit windows7. I have noticed that Artemis is running in a strange manner, it never produces the same results when the same data is fitted twice. I have uninstalled and then reinstalled the whole (ifeffit-1.2.11) package with the compatibility wizard which suggested to run the package in compatible mode to windows XP. After doing so, any of the programs is not running at all. My old laptop was 32-bit which runs 32-bit windows 7 and the ifeffit-1.2.11 package was running normally with this computer. Thank you very much and best regards Sameh Ibrahim Ahmed

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Coordination numbers using Artemis and sixpack
by Nicolae L. Aldea 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

Dear users, I ealized some XAS measurements regarding to supported gold catalysts as well as a standard sample on Au foil. 1. I like to a comparative analysis using Artemis and sispack. I have obtained some results using Artemis code. Unfortunately, for me is not so clear how to determine coordination numbers associated with each shells. I set dgen =1, I obtained S**2 values then I introduced S**2 in fist sample for fit step but I do not how to obtained values for different coordination shells. 2. Additionally, I like to use sixpack code. In this way I determined all steps up to |chi(r)| I tried to continue with make FEFF SS paths and FEFF exafs fitting. Unfortunately I could start the last steps. Are you so kind to indicate me how to do. Can you indicate me any tutorials or some examples to understand how to create SS paths and exafs fitting. Tanking you in advance Nick Aldea ******************************************************* * Dr. Nicolae L. Aldea * * National Institute for Research and Development * * for Isotopic and Molecular Technologies * * Donath Street 65-103, P. O. Box 700 * * 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania * * E-mail: naldea(a)itim-cj.ro * * Details: http://L30.itim-cj.ro/~naldea/index.htm * *******************************************************

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Fe K-Edge in Zirconium alloys and flattening effect
by adrien couet 01 Mar '12

01 Mar '12

Dear all, I am currently a PhD student working on the corrosion of zirconium alloys used in nuclear reactors. A very commonly used alloy in the industry is called Zircaloy-4 and has the following chemical formula in wt%: Zr-1.2Sn-0.2Fe-0.1Cr. The iron and chromium solubility limit in zirconium is very low. A large portion of the iron precipitates out as Zr(Cr,Fe) precipitates with approximately 40wt% of Fe, approximately 0.02wt% of Fe is left in solid solution in the zirconium matrix. Sn is completely soluble in zirconium. I am working on XANES of the Fe K-Edge absorption line in this material. To do so, I use the microbeam (0.2x0.2 microns) at the 2IDD beamline at the APS in fluorescence mode. To quantify my results, I needed proper standards of metallic Fe. I quickly realized that metallic Fe powder mixed with Zr powder did not give me the same XANES signal as the Zircaloy-4 metal (in which metallic Fe is embedded). Indeed, if you compare the "Fe powder in Zr" group to both Zircaloy-4 groups after normalization and flattening they look different. My thinking is that the Fe in precipitates and the Fe in solid solution, even if they are both metallic, could have different XANES patterns. So I decided to create a thin sample where I could probe either a precipitate or the matrix to get standards of metallic Fe in my Zircaloy-4 metal. Both signals (from Fe in a precipitate and Fe in solid solution) look similar once they are normalized and flattened (see in the attached project file). However, the data before flattening look significantly different! The post-edge of Fe in precipitates abruptly decreases whereas the post-edge of Fe in solid solution increases. I also acquired spectra in between these two extreme cases. When I scan in between the matrix and the precipitate, I see an evolution of the post edge, which looks more and more similar to the precipitate post-edge as I get closer to it. But after flattening they all look identical and the XANES spectra does not look too bad. I have some questions regarding this: - Is the flattening process changing anything such as the edge energy in a way that I should not use it when the post-edge slopes are significant as is the case here (even though my XANES spectra in solid solution and in the precipitate match after flattening)? - Have you ever seen this kind of post edge behavior before flattening? Do you think it could be due to a concentration effect since I am going from 0.02wt% of Fe in solid solution to 40wt% of Fe in the precipitate? I should mention that I have checked that no other elements present in the metal have edges that could potentially disturb the Fe post-edge. Thanks a lot for your help!!! -- Adrien Couet Graduate Student Dept of Nuclear Engineering, Penn State University +1 814 865 9709 axc1019(a)psu.edu

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Problem with creation of feff paths for americium in artemis
by Froehlich, Daniel 01 Mar '12

01 Mar '12

Dear Sir or Madam, We are looking forward to a beamtime investigating americium complexes and I wanted to create feff-paths for americium sulfate by using crystallographic data of europium sulfate and replacing Eu by Am. Atoms runs well and creates the feff.inp but when I then try tu run Feff I just get the error message Feff 6L.02 ? Eu H4 N O8 S2 Ruiz-Valero, Caridad New catalytically active neodymium sulfate Calculating potentials and phases... free atom potential and density for atom type 0 cannot remove an electron from this level Fatal Error: at GETORB-1 Their seems to be a problem with the atomic number because if I change Z=95 to 94 it runs without any problem. Is it possible to run it anyway with Z=95 or must I go for 94 instead which is the atomic number of Pu? Furthermore, I wanted to calculate the potentials with SCF approach but I read a lot of "google search results" without finding any helpful information.Or isn't it needed at all...? Many thanks in advance and best regards Daniel Fröhlich ______________________________________________ Dr. Daniel Fröhlich Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 253 D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung (INE) Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Campus Nord P.O. Box 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany

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