1975/11/15 by M. P. Zaitlin, L. Scherr, A. C. Anderson · 2 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Amorphous solid #Chemistry #Condensed matter physics #Crystal (programming language) #Crystallography #Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Materials science #Optics #Phonon #Physics #Reflection (computer programming) #Scattering #Specular reflection #Thermal #Thermal properties of materials
paper · doi:10.1103/physrevb.12.4487
openalex publication_date 1975/11/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26
Thermal-conductance measurements on thin Mylar and glass plates indicate that abrasion of the plate surfaces does not suppress specular reflection of phonons, contrary to the behavior in crystalline materials. This reinforces the suggestion that nonspecular reflection at crystal surfaces is caused primarily by lattice defects---defects which are absent in amorphous materials.