The interaction of concentrated energy fluxes with metals is the object of multifaceted investigations which feed contemporary engineering and technology. Various kinds of electrical discharges, as well as laser and electron beams, serve as instruments for this. New possibilities are opened by the effect on metals of the dense plasma formed in gases with the aid of explosives. Rapid evaporation of solids, ionization, and release of vapor are caused by the emission from such plasmas. Results from a study of the gasdynamic and thermal phenomena that occur when an explosion plasma comes into contact with metals are presented here.