Which mechanism limits heat dissipation within a silicon crystal?

💡 Explanation

Phonon scattering disrupts the ballistic transport of heat through the crystal lattice, because energy dissipates among phonon modes, therefore thermal conductivity reduces, rather than having radiative loses dominate or electrical conductivity directly removing heat.

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