Survey article is devoted to ordering of the experimental facts on electroexplosive intensification of chemical processes. It has been shown that the electrical explosion can find application in the most various areas on material treatment. The authors of the article have undertaken an attempt to explain an extensive experimental material within the framework of the scheme "the factor of electrical explosion – physicochemical result of its action ". In a number of cases the comparative data of electroexplosive influence on substance with other physico-chemical methods of influence are resulted. Together with the description of experimental results, the ways of their use in concrete technological processes are considered. Besides for many traditional technologies the new ways of their realization are offered.