Claim · claim:heat-conduction-produces-phonons
Heat conduction —produces→ Phonons
The atlas records this claim as established: the heat conduction produces phonons under the conditions below.
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Conditions
- in an electrically insulating or semiconducting solid the heat current is carried by phonons
regime: solid
Evidence · 1
- [1]C. Kittel. Introduction to Solid State Physics (8th ed.) (2005)
Uses of this claim
other enumerated routes · 8
- Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established · candidate
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · candidate
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · same energy form
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · candidate
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/7 established · candidate
Cite this claim
Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:heat-conduction-produces-phonons: Heat conduction —produces→ Phonons. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/heat-conduction-produces-phonons
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