Which outcome occurs when a substitutional impurity disrupts periodicity?

💡 Explanation

Phonon scattering reduces thermal conductivity because impurities in a lattice disrupt phonon propagation. Phonons are thermal vibrations, so introducing point defects leads to increased scattering, therefore decreasing thermal conductivity, rather than increased mobility or diffraction; the *Umklapp scattering* mechanism is important.

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