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Beijing Superconductor (LK-99) Levitation Video Author Admits Fraud, Takes it Down
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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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Question for clarity, does it's levation have anything to do with whether or not it's a superconductor?
Levitation is a fun way to demonstrate that you’ve got a superconductor. That’s not the only way to make things levitate, so not all levitating things are superconductors.
Yeah thats a pretty good summary of what I was trying to convey. If this didn't levitate, no one would've blinked twice. But since it did, its being investigated more thoroughly to check if its one of those other things that levitate (or actually a superconductor)
Diamagnetic materials are also pretty nice. However, normally you would use 4 magnets to make a tiny flake of carbon levitate, so using that to fake a superconductor might be too obvious.