You'll answer this question when you post a project file; but since you mention the pre-edge feature, have you reset the Eo to approx. halfway up the absorption edge instead of on the pre-edge feature itself?
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Carlo Segre
<segre@iit.edu> wrote:
Hi Chris:
If you could attach an Athena project file, it would help us to answer
your question.
Carlo
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Chris Patridge wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> After calibration, alignment and merging V K edge data, there seems to
> be a large peak in R space below 1 A. From most examples and readings,
> this would seem to be noise since atoms do not reside that close to each
> other. Adding a background addresses this noise but then the number of
> variables becomes too large and meaningless to the first shell R space
> range. I believe the problem lies with the large pre edge feature seen
> with high valence state Vanadium compounds. Any suggestions on how to
> work through this and make realistic EXAFS analysis on these compounds.
>
> Thanks everyone,
>
>
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