Shaofeng,


On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 6:29 AM, Shaofeng Wang <wangshaofeng@iae.ac.cn> wrote:
Dear all experts,
 
I am processing two As K edge EXAFS data  shown as following figure. The first shell is As-O. The difference of the As-O peak btween sample As1 and As2 is around 0.03A. Does this represent that the average As-O bond length of sample As1 should be around 0.03 A longer than that of sample As2? Or this depends on fitting results ?


If some assumptions hold, it probably is a good indication that the bond length is probably a bit longer.  The main assumptions would be a) that you know the As is surrounded by only oxygen, and  b) that the data k-range, Fourier transform parameters, and value for E0 are exactly the same for the two data sets.
 
Even with those assurances, the position of maximum of |chi(R)| is difficult to determine with high accuracy.  In fact, for almost all work with Artemis, the grid spacing for the chi(R) data is ~0.0307 Ang (pi/10.24), which is suspiciously close to your observed difference.

As an alternative, to looking at the position of the maximum of |chi(R)|, it might be more precise to use the position where the imaginary part of chi(R) crosses zero.  This should be the same position, but allows you to use linear interpolation to find the location of that zero.  

A full fitting of the As-O shell has the ability to be more accurate and use all data, not just one position of chi(R).   Still, such differences in where Im[chi(R)]=0 can be a useful guide for further analysis.

Cheers,

--Matt



 
Any help is very appreciated.
 
 
image
 
Cheers,
 
 
Shaofeng
--------------------------------------
Shaofeng Wang, Ph.D of Geochemistry
Environmental Molecular Science Group
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shenyang, 110016, China

_______________________________________________
Ifeffit mailing list
Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov
http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit