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		floxy on Aug 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unconfirmed video showing potential LK-99 sample e... Flux Pinning is separate from the Meissner effect. Flux pinning only happens in Type II superconductors, where the Meissner effect of expelling external magnetic fields happens with both Type I and Type II superconductors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_pinning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meissner_effect

xorbax on Aug 2, 2023 [–]

Meissner and flux pinning have to be mutually-exclusive, so so do we know the transition condition in LK99?

NB: This may be painfully obvious from the figures.

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