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		dkroy on Aug 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LK-99 isn’t a superconductor How did all of these labs in China end up replicating the results of the paper? Were they just not reputable labs?

philomath_mn on Aug 16, 2023 [–]

Here is a list of replication attempts from another comment [0]. Looks like most of the replications were only on the weak levitation property, which could be explained by diamagnetism or impurities.

[0] https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/claims-of-room-tempe...

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