Hi Wayne, All spectra were recorded on the same beamline on the same run (X-11B). Each has the same iron foil in the reference channel. The reference channel isn't great (the samples were on the thick side), but I'd judge the energy calibration drifted less than an eV over the course of the run; probably less than half an eV. At any rate, the reference channel is in the data, so you can look for yourself. As far as the resolution of the spectra, it's probably dominated by the usual core-hole broadening at the iron K edge. The mono was detuned at least 25% on all samples, but as I said, some samples were on the thick side, so it's possible there's a bit of harmonic leakage. Looking at the iron powder standard is probably a good way to judge. --Scott Calvin Sarah Lawrence College At 05:09 PM 6/22/2007, you wrote:
Hi Scott,
This sounds interesting. Can you tell me something about the energy calibration of the references and the samples? Are the reference compounds all correctly energy calibrated? I don't really care about the absolute calibration, just that the spectra are correct relative to each other.
Can you say something about the resolution of the spectra? Were they all recorded at the same beamline during one run or are they from different beamlines and/or run at different times?
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Wayne Lukens