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