Figure 5
Results of an EXAFS data fitting procedure of Nb foils heat-treated in vacuum as a function of the heating time at 900°C. For the experiments, the samples were cooled to room temperature under high vacuum prior to the measurements. (a) Plot of the amplitude reduction factor S0 2; the dashed and the dotted lines represent the average S0 2 and its confidence interval. (b) The distances of the first two Nb–Nb coordination shells (R1, R2) in comparison with their literature values (dashed lines) and (c) their mean-squared displacements (, ) with average values (dotted lines). The orange data points belong to the sample heat-treated in the commercial high-temperature cell. See text for more details. |