COMPOSITION FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN

The invention provides particulate compositions, which generate hydrogen when contacted with water, the compositions comprising particles of: aluminium; one or more metal oxides; and one or more chloride salts of alkali metals or alkaline earth metals. The invention also provides methods of preparing such compositions and methods of generating hydrogen by contacting the compositions with water. 本发明提供了与水接触时产生氢的微粒组合物，所述组合物包含以下物质的颗粒：铝；一种或多种金属氧化物；和一种或多种碱金属或碱土金属的氯化物盐。本发明还提供了制备这种组合物的方法和通过使组合物与水接触来产生氢的方法。