PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES DURING THE MACHINING BY MEANS OF THE ELECTRO-EROSIVE METHOD

We have analyzed the processes that take place in the interstice and in the electrode surfaces during machining by electro-erosion. It is demonstrated that machining by electro-erosion is accompanied by a series of physical phenomena which occur at high temperature; simultaneously a series of chemical phenomena develop and are produced. Chemical phenomena contribute to the formation of new structures and compounds that cannot be obtained under ordinary conditions.