PHYSICAL MODEL OF THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF METALLIC MATERIALS UNDER THE ACTION OF IMPULSIVE ELECTRIC CURRENT

We propose a physical model that makes it possible to explain the change of the physicomechanical characteristics of metallic materials when treated with impulsive electric current. Particular attention is devoted to describing the mechanism of the segregation and growth in the supersaturated, complexly-alloyed, solid-solution matrix of the fine carbide particles near the crystal lattice defects.