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by MobiusHorizons 1124 days ago
> The powder consists of nano-size flakes of aluminum oxide, molybdenum sulfide, copper, and iron oxide

Aluminum oxide is not magnetic, but the iron oxide (presumably bonded to the other ingredients) is magnetic.

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The original paper specifies in the abstraction:

> discrete nanoflakes of (Al2O3@v-MoS2)/Cu/Fe3O4

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-023-00079-4