Best Practices and Protocols in Mössbauer Spectroscopy

Over the past 50 years or so, the authors have written and reviewed many papers dealing with Mössbauer spectral research and have noticed many pitfalls, omissions, and marginal to poor practices in the literature. This paper first describes the best recommended practices and protocols for measuring, analyzing, and presenting Mössbauer spectra for publication. To illustrate these recommendations, the paper next presents a discussion of the...