Hi there, I have measured a pure reference compound with high absorber concentration in fluorescence mode (P K-edge XANES). I tried to use the Self absorption correction included in Athena but I don't really understand the results. Fist: Do I have to use the edge step normalized spectrum or the spectrum without normalization ? I tried both and the results of course a quite different. I would rather use the not normalized spectrum. Second: the value "Angel in" is this the angle between the incident beam and the sample surface" and "Angle out" the angle between the sample surface and the detector position? Third: More general- How can I identify a spectrum suffering self absorption? Just comparing the relative peak intensities of total electron yield signal with the fluorescence yield signal ? thanks a lot for your comments, cheers, Jens -- Jens Kruse Institute for Land Use Faculty for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Rostock University Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6 18059 Rostock GERMANY Phone: +49(0)381-498 3190