A new method of studying local structure in disordered binary systems by co
mbined EXAFS is proposed. This consists of determining partial interatomic
distances by solution of the system of integral equations describing two EX
AFS spectra. This information is used as input data for the determination o
f partial coordination numbers. The problem in this case is reduced to the
solution of the well-conditioned system of linear algebraic equations. We a
pply this method to obtain local structure information in Ge-Si solid-state
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