Abstract: We analyze the effect of heat transfer in metals on parameters of the thermoelastic and thermoelectric responses of metals to a pulsed laser action. It is shown that two-stage analysis of the dynamic problem of thermoelasticity and the thermoelectric effect makes it possible to obtain an adequate description of experimental results. The results described here demonstrate a considerable dependence of the response parameters on the microstructure, which indicates the possibility of development of a high-efficiency method of nondestructive control of metal quality.