Energy balance during elettrolysis and cavitation experiments

Literature presents several cases of nuclear anomalies occurring in condensed matter, during fracture of solids, cavitation of liquids, and electrolysis. Previous papers by the authors have recently shown that, on the surface of the electrodes exposed to electrolysis, visible cracks and compositional changes are strictly related to nuclear particle emissions. In particular, a mechanical interpretation of the phenomenon was provided accounting the reactions due to hydrogen embrittlement effect. On the other hand, the authors have recently reported that appreciable neutron emissions far from the background level take place in hydrodynamic cavitation. In the present paper, specific measurements have been conducted during two experimental campaigns in order to evaluate the energy balance and the heat generation and its possible correlation to the same nuclear origin during both electrolysis and cavitation phenomena.