Could Cu2S be the Source for a Confirmed Meissner Effect? A Look at the Replication Attempt by Iris Alexander

Saturday - August 5 2023, 22:30 UTC - 1 year ago

Iris Alexander's attempt to replicate LK99, a material often used for superconduction, proved successful and her discovery of the role of Copper Sulphide in the process puts a new era of possibilities into play.

Iris Alexander, an accomplished materials scientist, has taken an interest in the Meissner effect, a phenomenon where a material's magnetic field induced by an applied superconducting field is expelled from the material. Her efforts to replicate experimental results obtained from the attempt to replicate LK99 shows that her construction grade phosphorous, often contaminated with sulfur, could form a better version of the flake. This could be down to the presence of copper sulfide, Cu2S, but since the process is inauthentic, it was then difficult to differentiate between the two.

Till this discovery by Iris Alexander, many lab teams had tried and failed to replicate the findings of the original research team of 11 years ago. This has caused a deadlock in development for much of the scientific community in this field. Many believed they had identified the active components in the material, but the experimental results yielded an opposite conclusion. So the increased success of Iris Alexander's team could be due to the use of different components, including the aforementioned Copper Sulphide, which remained neglected for so long.

The replication seems to point to the fact that the flake of LK99 produced has a stronger Meissner effect than the original material. This is a very surprising discovery considering the fact that the components used for the flake are not the same. It brings into question what the exact role of copper-sulphide is in the process of superconducting. There is a possibility that, with further research, scientists could find out more about this unexplained phenomenon.

As of now, Iris Alexander's research is not yet published, pending peer review and patenting of her discovery. But it has certainly been a remarkable breakthrough in this field and one that could have significant implications for the future development of the materials used in various applications.

The Replication Attempt by Iris Alexander was the first confirmed success in this field in the past 11 years. This research has put to rest the worries of many scientists, lead them to ask questions and, most importantly, start the conversation about the role of Copper Sulphide in superconduction. Now, with more understanding of the process, scientists can move forward and look into what possibilities it can bring. The Replication Attempt by Iris Alexander has opened up a new era of possibilities and we can only hope that it will result in some exciting and groundbreaking discoveries in the near future.