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Results of heat-pulse measurements between 4 and 54^∘{}K are reported for sapphire and show that the propagation is ballistic below 18^∘{}K and diffusive above 40^∘{}K. In the intermediate range, the propagation is a superposition of the two.
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Gutfeld et al. (1966) studied this question.
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