Editing Quenching (section)

===Mechanism of heat removal during quenching===
Heat is removed in three particular stages:

'''Stage A: Vapor bubbles formed over metal and starts cooling'''

During this stage, due to the [[Leidenfrost effect]], the object is fully surrounded by vapor which insulates it from the rest of the liquid.

'''Stage B: Vapor-transport cooling'''

Once the temperature has dropped enough, the vapor layer will destabilize and the liquid will be able to fully contact the object and heat will be removed much more quickly.

'''Stage C: Liquid cooling'''

This stage occurs when the temperature of the object is below the boiling point of the liquid.