Look up: quenching

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   Quenching
   Rapid cooling. When applicable, the following more specific terms should be used: direct quenching,jog quenching, hot quenching, interrupted quenching, selective quenching, spray quenching and time quenching.The quenching media may be water, brine, oil, special solutions, salts or metals; and the intensity of the quench is determined by the tempera...
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   quenching
   a crack formed as a result of thermal stresses produced by rapid cooling from a high temperature Category: Iron and steel industries • the process of terminating continuous or multiple discharges following a single ionising event in a Geiger-Mueller counter tube Category: Standards, measures and testing • an operation which consists of rapid cooling of a metal(or alloy)at a...
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   quenching
   1. The process of extinguishing, removing, or diminishing a physical property such as heat or light; e.g., the cooling of a hot metal rapidly by plunging it into water or oil. ... 2. In beta liquid scintillation counting, the shifting of the energy spectrum from a true to a lower energy; it is caused by a variety of interfering materials in the coun ...
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   quenching
   (kwench´ing) extinguishing, suppressing, or diminishing a physical property, as the rapid chilling of a hot metal by plunging it into cold liquid. in biochemistry, decrease of fluorescence from an excited molecule by interference that reduces the fluorescence intensity. the termination of sec...
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   Quenching
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quench
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   quenching
   (from the article `igneous rock`) ...and a low-calcium orthorhombic pyroxene. These cannot coexist with any of the feldspathoids (e.g., leucite and nepheline) or magnesium-rich ...
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   quenching
   (from the article `photochemical reaction`) A good method, and one of the oldest in photochemistry, for determining both kinetic constants and mechanisms is the study of fluorescence quenching. ...
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   quenching
   rapid cooling, as by immersion in oil or water, of a metal object from the high temperature at which it has been shaped. This usually is undertaken ... [4 related articles]
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   Quenching
   Rapid cooling. When applicable, the following more specific terms should be used: direct quenching, fog quenching, hot quenching, interrupted quenching, selective quenching, spray quenching, and time quenching.
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    quenching
    
    1. the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
    2. satisfy (thirst)
    3. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
    4. electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
    5. suppress or crush completely
    6. physics: reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or...
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       quenching
       process of terminating an ionization avalanche in a Geiger-M?ller counter to prevent continuous or multiple discharges following a single ionizing event
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       quenching
       the termination of current flow in an arm without commutation
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