Meissner effect or bust: Day 8.5 We made the rocks

Rock Smashing

Man makes the rocks. Still does not know how the rocks work. Feels like he knows less than before. This sample is impossibly small. Must be micrograms.

Have to take a breather for 24 hours. We made the rocks, got to a super interesting result, an epic video, now I've got to catch up on the rest of life for a day. Let's take the weekend to regroup, catch up on the flood of papers, and figure out how this will be studied over the next few months. Right now I don't think it's enough material to be studied, but let's talk through it. What a week.

Pulled the 13 hour sample. Looks delicious

Reaction looks like garbage. Very incomplete

The magnetic responsive material is such a tiny fraction. Only a few shards per tube. Not what it is, it looks quite shiny and metallic. The rest of the material is not the homogenous brick I was expecting to see. A bit confused about what I have.

So many comments to read through. I really just need to know what Iris thinks?

This looks nearly identical to how mine is behaving

I really don't know. It has some of the same responses as the paper, but the appearance makes me think it's less based? Doesn't it look too shiny?