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

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