[en] This paper is an analysis of studies of thermal decomposition of solids under the effect of an electric field (EF). Examples of this effect are cited. In discussing the EF effect on the rate of decomposition of solids, the following aspects are considered: properties of crystals grown in EF, the EF effect on the electronic and ionic processes in solids, the EF effect on dislocations, the EF effect on luminescence, phase transitions in EF (VO₂), adsorption in EF; changes in the properties of solids surfaces under the effect of EF. The importance of electric field variations in the study and control of the rate of thermal decomposition of solids is emphasized