Re: [Ifeffit] Advice on using Athena for XANES LCF on spectra with a small edge step?

Thanks Riti and Carlo. Riti: will give it a go, thanks! I think the data are salvageable, it's just a question of how... Carlo: Interesting point. In terms of how I'm fitting it, I just use the LCF window to do a two-component fit. Nothing super fancy. But what you're suggesting is that maybe I have a misunderstanding in the way I'm normalizing my data. That's entirely possible. I generally try to get a nice flat background by following the "flat part" of the spectra but in cases like this the pre- and post-edge lines end up not parallel. I can force it to be parallel, and that helps the fit to behave better, but ends up creating other normalization issues. Much obliged for the responses so far. Mike

On Jan 15, 2019, at 4:42 PM, Carlo Segre wrote:

Hi Mike:

How are you trying to fit it? It looks to me like the post edge line is not in the right place. You need to tune it by hand when you have such a short energy range after the edge since the normalization is critically dependent on how you set this line.

carlo

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On Tue, 15 Jan 2019, Mike Massey wrote:

Hi All,

Does anyone have advice for LCF of spectra with a small edge step?

I've recently found myself with more and more issues fitting spectra like the one shown in the attached photo, where the spectrum is of good quality, but the fits end up not working out due to normalization (as far as I can tell).

Sadly, I have so far ended up just throwing these fits out, but I'm hoping there is a better solution out there that someone might be able to recommend.

One solution is "get more of the element of interest," as a beamline scientist recently told me. I'm just reluctant to really load it up in the data collection, because at 2 keV I get nervous about artifacts like self-absorption.

Is there a better way? What am I missing?

Thanks for your thoughts,

Mike

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