Hi all, I have some spectra collected by a collaborator, Francesco Ressico, a PhD student at Uni Bologna, (see attached .h5 file below) and we are having trouble normalizing the Fe K edge spectra. The data are for serpentine group minerals
Hi all,
I have some spectra collected by a collaborator, Francesco Ressico, a PhD student at Uni Bologna, (see attached .h5 file below) and we are having trouble normalizing the Fe K edge spectra. The data are for serpentine group minerals and were collected in fluorescence mode. In the attached file, the correct X array value is 'energy_enc', the data type is 'xas', and the y array should be 'mu_fluo_det0'. The spectra are already normalized for the incoming beam energy (although this can also be done using 'flou_det0/i0'). There are multiple spectra in the file, any one of them can be chosen to test the procedure.
After loading the spectra, I am able to plot the raw spectra correctly (see attached). But when I try to normalize the pre and post edge regions and plot the normalized spectra, the software only gives a blank plot. I have tried changing the normalization type, polynomial type, range, etc for both the pre and post edge, but nothing seems to work. I also tested different spectra, but with similar results.
Does anyone have suggestions for how these data can be normalized?
Sincerely,
Jesse Walters
-- Jesse B. Walters
Ambizione Fellow
Institut für Geologie
Universität Bern