The paper "The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor" by Sukbae Lee, Ji-Hoon Kim, and Young-Wan Kwon ( https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.12008 ) describes how to synthesize a room-temperature superconductor using a modified lead-apatite (LK-99) structure. The source for resolution will be a consensus of credible sources and media. This market will resolve "Yes" if the material is generally agreed to be a superconductor at temperatures at or above 15 degrees Celsius (~ 59 F) and at or under 1 atmosphere of pressure (1'013 millibars). It must be replicated by at least one independent researcher unaffiliated with the authors of the paper by 31 December 2023. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". In the event of a conflict or lack of a definitive answer on whether or not this a true room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor (e.g. where some credible sources claim that it is and others that it is not), this market will default to a resolution of "No". In order to resolve as "Yes", the result must be generally undisputed by the scientific community at large.

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Is the RTAPS (Room-Temperature Ambient Pressure Superconductor) LK-99 real?

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