impurity scatteringn. scattering of current carriers by impurity atoms in a crystalline solid.
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1946 Physical Rev.69 258/2 (heading) Theory of impurity scattering in semiconductors.
1965 Lindmayer & WrigleyFund. Semiconductor Devices vii. 259 In crystals used for devices, thermal scattering and impurity scattering dominate the collision processes.