Re: [Ifeffit] Manuscript comments regarding EXAFS modeling

2021-08-29 Thread Matt Newville
Hi Peng, This will echo much of what Matthew Marcus wrote: For comment 1 on S02, picking a value of 0.85 seems reasonable. I think the reviewer is asking you to explain how you got that value. Saying something like "we chose that value so that the data from a simple metal foil (or simple metal

Re: [Ifeffit] Manuscript comments regarding EXAFS modeling

2021-08-27 Thread Matthew Marcus
Was there a standard measured that's chemically similar to the unknown? If so, S0^2 could be set by requiring that the CN of the standard be what it's known to be. Often, the dσ² is mostly relevant in terms of differences or changes so an error in the absolute value isn't very important. If

[Ifeffit] Manuscript comments regarding EXAFS modeling

2021-08-27 Thread Peng Liu
Dear Ifeffit members, I received the following two comments. " Comment 1: Authors have fixed the amplitude reduction factor (SO2) to a fixed value (0.85). This factor is specific to particular chemical compound and sample preparation and quality (mostly homogeneity), measurement method (e.g.