Comment on Absence of superconductivity in LK-99 at ambient conditionsComments−TillE3yThis isn't a particularly meaningful paper because they failed to produce any kind of partial levitation.This one which finds substantial ferromagnetism and minimal diamagnetism is a far better reason to doubt that LK-99 is a superconductor:https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.03110Still very inconclusive because the synthesis is difficult and messy and nobody knows precisely what materials they're analyzing, but I've adjusted from cautious optimism to mostly resigned pessimism.
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This isn't a particularly meaningful paper because they failed to produce any kind of partial levitation.
This one which finds substantial ferromagnetism and minimal diamagnetism is a far better reason to doubt that LK-99 is a superconductor:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.03110
Still very inconclusive because the synthesis is difficult and messy and nobody knows precisely what materials they're analyzing, but I've adjusted from cautious optimism to mostly resigned pessimism.