Making and surviving
Quench (in a magnet)
The moment a magnet stops superconducting and its stored energy becomes heat at once. It is unrelated to pressure-quenching a sample, and designers spend most of a design surviving it.
Why quench matters
Surviving it drives much of a magnet's design, and the stored energy released is why it is treated as a safety case rather than an inconvenience.
Quench in a real conductor
Related to quench
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