Chris, That double peak around 8 is normal for Fe (oxyhydr)oxides; see the attached for an example. Also see Toner et al. 2009 (GCA 73 p 388, Fig 6) for a nice discussion of what structures can make it show up. I think perhaps you are seeing an oxidation state shift too. Best of luck with the happiness! -Leslie -----Original Message----- From: ifeffit-bounces@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov [mailto:ifeffit-bounces@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Christopher Patridge Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 6:22 AM To: XAFS Analysis using Ifeffit Subject: [Ifeffit] k-range question & R-factor Hello Users, I was looking for an opinion about the chi(k) signal in a set of data I am analyzing. Brief background, this is a set of in-situ XAS data collected at the Fe K edge from a working electrochemical cell at a range of potentials during charge; I did not collect the data. I suspect the feature at ~ 8 angstroms-1, although present in all the spectra is noise or glitch and wondered if I am being overly cautious? My conservative range ( k = 2-7 and R = 1-2) really constrains the model Nidp = 3.31. Luckily, multiple datasets ( 8 ) to the rescue to give me some flexibility. In a multiple dataset fitting, is the R-factor of the whole set just the average or total mismatch across all the datasets or it calculated another way? Working towards happiness, Chris Patridge -- ******************************** Christopher J. Patridge, PhD NRC Post Doctoral Research Associate Naval Research Laboratory Washington, DC 20375 Cell: 315-529-0501 ** Leslie L. Baker, Ph.D. Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences and Department of Geological Sciences University of Idaho 875 Perimeter Drive MS 2339 Moscow, ID 83844-2339 208-885-9239 http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ejpH5p0AAAAJ http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ejpH5p0AAAAJ