Which mechanism causes a superconducting coil to quench rapidly?

💡 Explanation

The coil quenches because vortex motion dissipates energy as heat causing a transition from superconducting to normal state via resistive losses. Therefore vortex motion leads to rapid loss of superconductivity, rather than flux pinning which stabilizes the superconducting state.

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