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LK-99 is not an established room-temperature superconductor

Independent laboratories have established copper-substituted lead apatite, known as LK-99, as a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor.

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Two 2023 preprints announced room-temperature superconductivity in LK-99. Replication did not confirm that result. Nature reported that laboratories which made the material did not observe superconductivity, and that the magnetic and electrical signals had ordinary explanations. The announcement is not an established result.

  1. Lee et al., arXiv:2307.12008, the first LK-99 preprint (opens in a new tab)Unverified
  2. Lee et al., arXiv:2307.12037, the second LK-99 preprint (opens in a new tab)Unverified
  3. Nature, LK-99 isn’t a superconductor — how science sleuths solved the mystery (opens in a new tab)Unverified

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The original preprints report zero resistance and partial levitation and present LK-99 as a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor. Those papers are the positive report. They are preprints, not a replicated result.

  1. Lee et al., arXiv:2307.12008, the first LK-99 preprint (opens in a new tab)Unverified

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