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Quench (disambiguation)


Quench (disambiguation)


A quench, in materials science, is a rapid cooling.

Quench or quenching may also refer to:

Science and technology

  • Quenching (astronomy), a process in which a galaxy loses cold gas ending star formation
  • Quenching (fluorescence), any process which decreases the fluorescence intensity of a given substance
  • Quenching (scrubber), a type of pollution scrubber
  • Magnet quench, a loss of superconductivity resulting in a rapid rise of resistance and temperature, such as in a superconducting magnet
  • Dark quencher, a dye that absorbs light, but does not emit it, used in molecular biology
  • the means by which a Geiger–Müller tube is able to distinguish individual particles
  • in a super-regenerative receiver, the process of interrupting the main RF oscillation with a lower frequency oscillation
  • the process of stopping an electrical arc, for example in a fuse or spark-gap transmitter
  • in an internal combustion engine, the rapid cooling of fuel inside the combustion chamber that prevents it from burning
  • rapid evaporative cooling of a gas by injection of a liquid
  • a secondary gas in a neon tube filled with a Penning mixture

Other uses

  • Quench (album), by the Beautiful South, 1998
  • Quench (band), a British rock band
  • Quench (company), an American water-cooler company
  • Quench (musician), Australian dance music producer
  • Quench, a magazine published by gair rhydd, a student newspaper of Cardiff University
  • Quench, a program on the Food Network
  • Quench, a Zimbabwean soft drink

See also

  • ICMP Source Quench, a message that is part of the internet core protocol
  • Lily Quench, a series of children's books

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