Which consequence result when rapidly discharging a large superconducting electromagnet?

💡 Explanation

A thermal quench results, because excessive heat generation exceeds critical temperature, thus destroying superconductivity within the magnet winding; therefore increased resistance occurs rather than a maintained zero-resistance superconducting state, leading energy dissipation.

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