Hi Disha: it would be good to see the XANES you are referring to. Are the edges identical or do they change but not shift significantly? Is the coordination number also constant? Generally, the bond distance will change with oxidation state if the coordination number is constant but if the coordination number changes, then there could be a change in bond length too. Cheers, Carlo On Mon, 11 Jun 2018, Disha Gupta wrote:

Dear All

Firstly, I would like to say sorry if I have missed out on this discussion before but it would be great if you could help me out. I have been analyzing some Mn K-edge XAS data for some battery materials. While the XANES data shows no shift in the main absorption peak which means that there is no oxidation change happening, however, when I am fitting the data in Artemis, I can see a shift in the bond lengths suggesting an oxidation change. Is it possible that bond lengths change even though XANES spectra show no change?

Thank you and Kind Regards Disha

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