Can you sed a bit of your scalepack unmerged data - that would allow us to check format and pointless behavior..

It sounds a bit like a scalepack problem though..
 Eleanor

Alexandra Deaconescu wrote:
Dear all:

I am trying to solve a structure from apparently a hexagonal crystal. I indexed and scaled data in P6 in Scalepack (with merging) then used Scalepack2mtz (with ensure unique reflections and add Rfree as well as the truncate procedure), and then attempted to run molecular replacement with Phaser. Now the problem appeared - Phaser immediately quits with the following error message "FATAL RUNTIME ERROR: Reflections are not a unique set by symmetry". I do not understand this at all.

I also tried running scalepack using the NO MERGE macro as people have indicated earlier on this bb (thank you again!, I also checked the scl.in that is written out and it had the NO MERGE statement), and then tried to run pointless to verify the spacegroup but the program complained the reflections are merged (that is impossible, I checked the number of reflections in the unmerged and merged files and they were different as one would expect). I repeated the procedures several times and I always get the same errors. I can't make any sense of this and I can't move forward. Any ideas?

Many thanks,
Alex






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Date:    Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:25 +0800
From:    Jiamu Du <[email protected]>
Subject: question of extra high B factor

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Dear All,
I am refining a structure of a complex between of 50kD protein and a 20kD glycosylated protien. The data is of 2.9 A resolution. The wilson B factor
is as high as 86.3 A^2.
The refinement seems well with R/Rf of 0.21/0.25. But the B-factor is extra high. For the 50kD part, the average B factor is 76.5 A^2. But the B factor
of the 20 kD glycosylated protein is as high as 133.3 A^2. Although the
electron density looks fine, even the sugar chain is seen clearly.
My question is:
1. How to reduce the B factor to a reasonable level?
2. If it can not be redueced, when I published it, is this value acceptable? 3. In the same of similar resolutionIs, is there some other structures like this situation? A component or a subunit of the protein has a extra high B
factor as high as 130.

Thanks and best wishes.


--
Jiamu Du, Ph.D.
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
320 Yue-Yang Road
Shanghai 200031
P. R. China
Tel: +86-21-5492-1117
E-mail: [email protected]

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Dear All,<br>I am refining a structure of a complex between of 50kD protein= and a 20kD glycosylated protien. The data is of 2.9 A resolution. The wils= on B factor is as high as 86.3 A^2.<br>The refinement seems well with R/Rf = of 0.21/0.25. But the B-factor is extra high. For the 50kD part, the averag= e B factor is 76.5 A^2. But the B factor of the 20 kD glycosylated protein = is as high as 133.3 A^2. Although the electron density looks fine, even the=
sugar chain is seen clearly.<br>
My question is:<br>1. How to reduce the B factor to a reasonable level?<br>= 2. If it can not be redueced, when I published it, is this value acceptable= ?<br>3. In the same of similar resolutionIs, is there some other structures= like this situation?=A0 A component or a subunit of the protein has a extr=
a high B factor as high as 130.<br>
<br>Thanks and best wishes.<br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Jiamu Du, Ph.D.= <br>State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology<br>Institute of Biochemistry = and Cell Biology<br>Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences<br>Chinese =
Academy of Sciences<br>
320 Yue-Yang Road<br>Shanghai 200031<br>P. R. China<br>Tel: +86-21-5492-111= 7<br>E-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a><br>

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Date:    Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:32:26 -0700
From:    Pavel Afonine <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: question of extra high B factor

Hi Jiamu,

My question is:
1. How to reduce the B factor to a reasonable level?
3. In the same of similar resolutionIs, is there some other structures
like this situation?

POLYGON tool is (one of) your friend(s) to answer this question (apart
from debatable one about "a reasonable level"):

Acta Cryst. D65, 297-300 (2009).

Now it is available in PHENIX (from the latest nightly builds):
http://www.phenix-online.org/

Please let me know if you have any questions about it.

Pavel.

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Date:    Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:47:55 +0100
From:    Clemens Vonrhein <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: question of extra high B factor

Dear Jiamu,

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:00:25AM +0800, Jiamu Du wrote:
I am refining a structure of a complex between of 50kD protein and a 20kD glycosylated protien. The data is of 2.9 A resolution. The wilson B factor
is as high as 86.3 A^2.
The refinement seems well with R/Rf of 0.21/0.25. But the B-factor is extra high. For the 50kD part, the average B factor is 76.5 A^2. But the B factor
of the 20 kD glycosylated protein is as high as 133.3 A^2. Although the
electron density looks fine, even the sugar chain is seen clearly.
My question is:
1. How to reduce the B factor to a reasonable level?

How do you define 'reasonable'? And why would you want to reduce this
anyway?

 ( 50*76.5 + 20*133.3 ) / 70 = 92.7

which seems fairly close to the Wilson B of 86.3, right?

2. If it can not be redueced, when I published it, is this value acceptable?

Better question: is it the right value? Remember it is

results -> publish

and not

 publish <- results

;-)

If they're correct than they are acceptable (I would accept those
values).

3. In the same of similar resolutionIs, is there some other structures like this situation? A component or a subunit of the protein has a extra high B
factor as high as 130.

I'm sure hundreds of them ... but I'm sure you want your structure to
stand on its own, so don't look too close at other structures and
repeat the various mistakes we've all made and that are now set in
stone in some old PDB file.

Cheers

Clemens

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Date:    Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:02:42 +0800
From:    Jiamu Du <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: question of extra high B factor

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I am using TLS refinement with Phenix for the structure refinement.


On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Jiamu Du <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear All,
I am refining a structure of a complex between of 50kD protein and a 20kD glycosylated protien. The data is of 2.9 A resolution. The wilson B factor
is as high as 86.3 A^2.
The refinement seems well with R/Rf of 0.21/0.25. But the B-factor is extra high. For the 50kD part, the average B factor is 76.5 A^2. But the B factor
of the 20 kD glycosylated protein is as high as 133.3 A^2. Although the
electron density looks fine, even the sugar chain is seen clearly.
My question is:
1. How to reduce the B factor to a reasonable level?
2. If it can not be redueced, when I published it, is this value
acceptable?
3. In the same of similar resolutionIs, is there some other structures like this situation? A component or a subunit of the protein has a extra high B
factor as high as 130.

Thanks and best wishes.


--
Jiamu Du, Ph.D.
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
320 Yue-Yang Road
Shanghai 200031
P. R. China
Tel: +86-21-5492-1117
E-mail: [email protected]




--
Jiamu Du, Ph.D.
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
320 Yue-Yang Road
Shanghai 200031
P. R. China
Tel: +86-21-5492-1117
E-mail: [email protected]

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I am using TLS refinement with Phenix for the structure refinement.<br><br>= <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Jiamu Du <= span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]=
</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, = 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dear All,<br>I am= refining a structure of a complex between of 50kD protein and a 20kD glyco= sylated protien. The data is of 2.9 A resolution. The wilson B factor is as=
high as 86.3 A^2.<br>
The refinement seems well with R/Rf of 0.21/0.25. But the B-factor is extra= high. For the 50kD part, the average B factor is 76.5 A^2. But the B facto= r of the 20 kD glycosylated protein is as high as 133.3 A^2. Although the e=
lectron density looks fine, even the sugar chain is seen clearly.<br>

My question is:<br>1. How to reduce the B factor to a reasonable level?<br>= 2. If it can not be redueced, when I published it, is this value acceptable= ?<br>3. In the same of similar resolutionIs, is there some other structures= like this situation?=A0 A component or a subunit of the protein has a extr=
a high B factor as high as 130.<br>

<br>Thanks and best wishes.<br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Jiamu Du, Ph.D.= <br>State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology<br>Institute of Biochemistry = and Cell Biology<br>Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences<br>Chinese =
Academy of Sciences<br>

320 Yue-Yang Road<br>Shanghai 200031<br>P. R. China<br>Tel: +86-21-5492-111= 7<br>E-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"; target=3D"_blank">jiamudu=
@gmail.com</a><br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Jiamu Du, Ph.D.<br>Stat= e Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology<br>Institute of Biochemistry and Cell= Biology<br>Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences<br>Chinese Academy =
of Sciences<br>
320 Yue-Yang Road<br>Shanghai 200031<br>P. R. China<br>Tel: +86-21-5492-111= 7<br>E-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a><br>

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Date:    Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:24:25 -0700
From:    Huiying Li <[email protected]>
Subject: Coot:findwaters in REFMAC

I used Coot:findwaters facility in REFMAC (CCP4 6.1.1) to add waters to
the refined structure. Often for the well ordered water sites the
routine added two water molecules in single water site, with their
distance (~1 Angs) way shorter than allowed hydrogen bonding distance. I
have to remove the extra water molecules manually.

Is this a intended feature? It seems to only create extra work to the
user. What is the purpose of having different chain IDs for waters output
from this routine?


Huiying Li, Ph. D
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Natural Sciences I, Rm 2443
University of California at Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697, USA
Tel: 949-824-4322(or -1953);  Fax: 949-824-3280
email: [email protected]

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Date:    Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:33:01 +0100
From:    Paul Emsley <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Coot:findwaters in REFMAC

Huiying Li wrote:
I used Coot:findwaters facility in REFMAC (CCP4 6.1.1) to add waters
to the refined structure. Often for the well ordered water sites the
routine added two water molecules in single water site, with their
distance (~1 Angs) way shorter than allowed hydrogen bonding distance.
I have to remove the extra water molecules manually.

Sounds like an old version.  Things have improved.


Is this a intended feature? It seems to only create extra work to the
user.

:-(

What is the purpose of having different chain IDs for waters output
from this routine?


I thought (at the time) that it was sensible to add waters to a
different chain ID to the protein atoms (I still do, in fact).   There
are others (somewhat less involved in model-building I suspect) that
think otherwise.

Paul.

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Date:    Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:56:14 +0200
From:    Kay Diederichs <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: question of extra high B factor

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Jiamu Du schrieb:
Dear All,
I am refining a structure of a complex between of 50kD protein and a
20kD glycosylated protien. The data is of 2.9 A resolution. The wilson B
factor is as high as 86.3 A^2.
The refinement seems well with R/Rf of 0.21/0.25. But the B-factor is
extra high. For the 50kD part, the average B factor is 76.5 A^2. But the
B factor of the 20 kD glycosylated protein is as high as 133.3 A^2.
Although the electron density looks fine, even the sugar chain is seen
clearly.
My question is:
1. How to reduce the B factor to a reasonable level?

Please check out
<http://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de/ccp4wiki/index.php/Refinement#help.2C_my_protein_has_high_B-factors.21>

2. If it can not be redueced, when I published it, is this value acceptable?

As there's nothing wrong with it, it can be published.

3. In the same of similar resolutionIs, is there some other structures
like this situation?  A component or a subunit of the protein has a
extra high B factor as high as 130.

Just look at the B-factors of new PDB entries which have a a resolution
worse than 3 A (e.g., membrane proteins) - there are quite a few of those.

HTH,

Kay
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Fachbereich Biologie, Universitaet Konstanz, Box M647, D-78457 Konstanz

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Date:    Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:13:45 +0200
From:    Luca Jovine <[email protected]>
Subject: Postdoctoral position in protein crystallography at Karolinska Institutet

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AT KAROLINSKA INSTITUT=
ET

As part of a collaboration between the laboratories of Rune Toftg=E5rd an=
d Luca Jovine at the =

KI Department of Biosciences and Nutrition and the Center for Biosciences=
=2C a postdoctoral =

position is immediately available on structural studies of key players in=
the Hedgehog =

signaling pathway=2E

The Department of Biosciences and Nutrition has state-of-the-art equipmen=
t for protein =

expression=2C purification and in house X-ray data collection=3B frequent=
access to synchrotron =

sites and excellent computational facilities are also available=2E With t=
heir close integration of =

academic=2C clinical and industrial research=2C KI and the Center for Bio=
sciences offer a highly =

international and collaborative environment for biomedical studies=2E

Highly motivated candidates with experience in protein expression (partic=
ularly in insect =

and/or mammalian cells)=2C purification=2C crystallization and structure =
determination=2C are =

encouraged to apply by e-mailing a curriculum vitae=2C summary of researc=
h experience and =

interests=2C and names and contact information for two references to Luca=
Jovine =

(luca=2Ejovine=40ki=2Ese)=2E Please note that=2C in order to be eligible =
for this scholarship=2C candidates =

should be non-Swedish citizens who have obtained a doctorate or the equiv=
alent outside =

Sweden=2E Deadline for application is 1 October 2009=2E

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Luca Jovine=2C Ph=2ED=2E
Group Leader=2C Protein Crystallography Unit
Karolinska Institutet
Department of Biosciences and Nutrition
H=E4lsov=E4gen 7=2C SE-141 57 Huddinge=2C Sweden
Voice=3A +46=2E(0)8=2E6083-301  FAX=3A +46=2E(0)8=2E6089-290
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Date:    Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:29:09 -0700
From:    Donnie Berkholz <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: question of extra high B factor

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On 00:00 Fri 31 Jul     , Jiamu Du wrote:
Dear All,
I am refining a structure of a complex between of 50kD protein and a 20kD glycosylated protien. The data is of 2.9 A resolution. The wilson B factor
is as high as 86.3 A^2.
The refinement seems well with R/Rf of 0.21/0.25. But the B-factor is ext=
ra
high. For the 50kD part, the average B factor is 76.5 A^2. But the B fact=
or
of the 20 kD glycosylated protein is as high as 133.3 A^2. Although the
electron density looks fine, even the sugar chain is seen clearly.
My question is:
1. How to reduce the B factor to a reasonable level?
2. If it can not be redueced, when I published it, is this value acceptab=
le?
3. In the same of similar resolutionIs, is there some other structures li=
ke
this situation? A component or a subunit of the protein has a extra high=
B
factor as high as 130.

Our group published a paper a few years ago with an average B of 80 A^2=20
(JMB 328:893 (2003)). One referee had some objections to this, so we=20
performed analyses of the whole Protein Data Bank for proteins at=20
2.5-3.0 A (see Fig. 2D in the paper). You may find this figure useful if=20
you need to convince anyone.

--=20
Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
P. Andrew Karplus lab
Oregon State University

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Date:    Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:53:15 -0400
From:    Jim Fairman <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: OpenGL Stereo 3D on 120 Hz LCDs, at last!

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Just got this working on a machine with a Quadro FX 3800.  Stereo looks
great on both Pymol (v1.1) and the latest build of WinCoot (v0.6 build
2172).

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Warren DeLano <[email protected]> wrote:

FYI, for folks not subscribed to pymol-users:



nVidia today released beta drivers which at last enable OpenGL-based stereo 3D visualization on 120 Hz LCDs using Quadro graphics cards. So long as you are willing to put up with Windows, you can finally abandon those old CRTs without spending a fortune and without sacrificing quality of the stereo 3D
effect.



Details posted at http://www.pymol.org



Cheers,

Warren






--
Jim Fairman
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology (BCMB)
University of Tennessee -- Knoxville
216-368-3337 [email protected] [email protected]

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Just got this working on a machine with a Quadro FX 3800.=A0 Stereo looks g= reat on both Pymol (v1.1) and the latest build of WinCoot (v0.6 build 2172)= .<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Warren= DeLano <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]";>war...@d=
elsci.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">











<div link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" lang=3D"EN-US">

<div>

<p><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam= ily: Arial;">FYI, for folks not subscribed to pymol-users:=A0 </span></font=
</p>

<p><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">=A0</span></font></p>

<p><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam= ily: Arial;">nVidia today released beta drivers which at last enable OpenGL=
-based
stereo 3D visualization on 120 Hz LCDs using Quadro graphics cards.=A0 So l=
ong
as you are willing to put up with Windows, you can finally abandon those ol=
d CRTs
without spending a fortune and without sacrificing quality of the stereo 3D
effect.</span></font></p>

<p><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">=A0</span></font></p>

<p><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam= ily: Arial;">Details posted at <a href=3D"http://www.pymol.org/"; target=3D"=
_blank">http://www.pymol.org</a></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">=A0</span></font></p>

<p><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">Cheers,</span></font></p>

<p><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam= ily: Arial;">Warren</span></font><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-fam=
ily: Arial;">=A0</span></font></p>

</div>

</div>


</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Jim Fairman<br>Graduate= Research Assistant<br>Department of Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular = Biology (BCMB)<br>University of Tennessee -- Knoxville<br>216-368-3337 <a h= ref=3D"mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a> <a href=3D"mailto:jame=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>


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Date:    Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:23:04 -0700
From:    James Holton <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Foils for energy calibration

At ALS, we have a box of foils from EXAFS Materials that seems to get=20
passed around from beamline to beamline. I ran absorption scans on 17=20
edges from the metals in the box one day, and found that there was=20
considerable scatter in the expected vs observed edge positions:
http://bl831.als.lbl.gov/~jamesh/pickup/mono_calib.png
Here I have plotted the "correct" position of each edge as determined by=20 Bearden & Burr (1967), against the edge I determined using the criterion=20
recommended in the "Reference Spectra" document in the=20
exafsmaterials.com website: the first inflection point in the derivative=20
spectrum.  I think a large amount of the scatter is because my mono=20
(like many PX/MX beamlines) is Si(111) and not Si(220) like the one used=20
to determine the reference spectra.  It is not hard to imagine how=20
blurring the spectrum with a wider energy spread of the incident beam=20
will shift the position of the "edge".  One could try to use the=20
electron binding energy tabulated in the "little orange book":
http://xdb.lbl.gov/Section1/Sec_1-1.html
but these do not always take into account the "near edge" features (like=20
the white line from SeMet) which change depending on the chemical=20
environment around the metal, radiation damage, etc. It would be nice=20
if someone could calibrate some standard reference materials using a=20
Si(111) monochromator, but I don't know of anyone who has done this.


However, another way to get your x-ray wavelength is using Bragg's law:
lambda =3D 2*d*sin(theta)
and the d-spacing of silicon is known to be 5.43159 =B1 0.00020 A, and=20
NIST will sell you certified Si powder:
https://www-s.nist.gov/srmors/view_detail.cfm?srm=3D640d

The problem here is that although you know d very accurately, the error=20 in lambda is dominated by sin(theta), or rather the uncertainty in your=20 detector distance. The pixel field on most detectors is actually quite=20
accurate, as a NIST-traceable calibration is used to make the pinhole=20
calibration mask, and the encoder on most detector distance stages is=20
very accurate for relative moves (counting ticks on the encoder). But=20
there is always an offset from the "zero" position predicted by the=20
encoder to the true center of rotation that is hard to know.=20

Nevertheless, all you really want is for the d-spacing of silicon powder=20
rings to be right at all detector distances. You can use the program=20
FIT2D to refine the wavelength, distance, detector tilt, etc. or any=20
combination thereof for a given image, but you will find that the=20
repeatability of such a fit (using different starting parameters) is not=20
great because the distance and wavelength are highly correlated. =20
However, there is a way around this:

Since we know that a relative move of the distance will be accurate,=20
there should be one and only one offset that you can add to the recorded=20
value of distance of each image to make it the "right" distance.  You=20
can define the "right" offset as the one where FIXing the resulting=20
"right" distance in FIT2D and refining everything else gives you the=20
same refined value for the wavelength from every image.  You need to=20
manually "refine" this offset for a few rounds. What you will generally=20 see is that the graph of fitted wavelength vs the distance is a straight=20
line, and you want to make the slope of this line to be zero. =20
Eventually, you will arrive at some offset that gives you the smallest=20 spread in refined wavelength values. The average refined wavelength is=20 then the "true" wavelength. Should be able to get it within one or two=20
eV.  Perhaps more if you take a lot of silicon powder images.

At ALS beamlines 8.3.1 and 12.3.1 I have done both kinds of calibration,=20 and I am fairly certain I get the wavelength accurate to within 1 eV by=20 calibrating the half-way-up point of an absorption scan of a ~122 micron=20
thick copper metal foil to 8979.0 eV.

-James Holton
MAD Scientist


Richard Gillilan wrote:
In the past we've used elemental foils from exafsmaterials.com for=20
energy calibration of our MAD beamline. These standards are for EXAFS=20
and XANES. Most are thin (5 micron) metal foils.

Has anyone had experience with other sources of standards or other=20
forms (such as compounds rather than pure elements)?

I notice that a number of companies offer XRF standard kits.

Richard Gillilan
MacCHESS

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