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Chapter 5 Minimising the Thermal Conductivity 5.1 Semiconductor Solid Solutions In the previous chapter, we discussed the selection of materials with a low lattice conductivity under the condition that the phonons are scattered only by other phonons. However, we know that the lattice conductivity can be reduced by the scattering of phonons on various types of defect, including the boundaries of any finite crystal. Such defects may, of course, scatter the charge carriers as well as the phonons. Indeed, since the mean free path is usually greater for electrons or hol