TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The electromagnetic radiation is applied to a reaction chamber containing a catalyst comprising manganese, iron, ruthenium, osmium, cobalt, rhodium, iridium, nickel, palladium, platinum or copper, in contact with a carbonaceous or organic material at conditions suitable for converting the material to a stream comprising hydrogen. The carbonaceous or organic material is heated above 850 degreesF, preferably above 1000 degreesF. The carbonaceous material is a carbon nanotube.Preferred Radiation: The electromagnetic radiation has a field strength of below 5000 V/cm, preferably below 1000 V/cm. It is applied in the form of sinusoidal wave, square wave, triangular wave or superposition of multiple periodic waveforms. The radiation is applied in a pulse or a series of pulses. It is applied using an electrode or antenna which is not in direct contact with the carbonaceous material, organic material, catalyst or reaction chamber.Preferred Reforming Process: The reforming process produces an effluent comprising hydrogen and at least one gas selected from carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The process provides hydrogen to a fuel cell. It is preferably performed using catalyst consisting of nickel, platinum, ruthenium, iridium, rhodium or palladium. EXAMPLE - An iron-containing perovskite catalyst was placed between the annulus of two concentric quartz tubes. A silver foil roll was placed into the center quartz tube, and allowed to expand so that it touched the inner side of the tube. The foil was connected to a load of 13.56 MHz, and 46 V (rms) potential was established between the inner and outer electrodes. The outer quartz tube was also wrapped with silver foil connected to ground. The apparatus was placed in a furnace, 40 ml/minute of nitrogen gas was passed over the catalyst, RF power supply was turned on, and the furnace was heated to 1450 degreesF. Benzene was pumped over the catalyst at a rate of 6 ml/hour for 30 minutes. The electric field strength in this experiment was approximately 150 V/cm. At the end of 30 minutes, nitrogen gas passed through the catalyst bed unhampered. The experiment was repeated again, except turning off the RF field. After approximately 10 minutes, benzene and nitrogen were not able to flow through the catalyst bed, and it was plugged with coke. The process demonstrated that an electromagnetic field was able to suppress coking on a metal-containing catalyst.