Abstract
The lattice thermal conductivity of solid HD has been calculated in the temperature range 0.2–4°K. The important scatterers of phonons are found to be boundary walls of the crystal, isotopic impurities, phonons and molecules of ortho hydrogen and para deuterium. The presence of molecules of ortho hydrogen and para deuterium in solid HD which act as rotational impurities, are responsible for one and two phonon scattering processes in the system. The entire study is based on the Callaway model of the lattice thermal conductivity of an insulator. Excellent agreement is found between calculated and experimental values of phonon conductivity. The extra lattice thermal resistivity due to the presence of the ortho hydrogen and para deuterium is also calculated.
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