TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - METALLURGY - Preferred Component: The electrochemical hydrogen storage alloy includes aluminum, cobalt, and tin. It further comprises 0.1-10.0 % aluminum, 0.1-10.0 % cobalt, 0-3.5 % iron, and 0.1-3.0 % tin. It contains (in atomic percentage): titanium (9.0 %), zirconium (26.2 %), vanadium (5.0 %), nickel (38.0 %), chromium (3.5 %), cobalt (1.5 %), manganese (15.6 %), aluminum (0.4 %), and tin (0.8 %). The oxide surface comprises titanium-zirconium (TiZr) oxide, face centered cubic nickel particles, and regions of nickel-cobalt-manganese-titanium (NiCoMnTi). The TiZr oxide, the face centered cubic nickel particles, and the regions of NiCoMnTi interact to form a super lattice that promotes ionic diffusion and reaction. The metallic catalytic particles include particles that are surrounded by oxide, or particles that have a face centered cubic crystalline structure. They are nickel-manganese-cobalt-titanium alloy catalytic particles. They are finely dispersed in the oxide from 10-20 Angstrom apart.Preferred Property: The metallic catalytic particles are 10-30 (preferably 10-20) Angstrom in size.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The oxide comprises multivalent manganese oxides (MnOx); an oxide of manganese and nickel; an oxide of manganese, nickel, cobalt, titanium and optionally iron, if iron is present in the alloy; an oxide of manganese, cobalt and titanium; or mixed fine and coarse grained oxides. EXAMPLE - All sixteen alloys were prepared by induction melting under an argon atmosphere with commercially available raw materials. After reaching 1600 degrees C, the melt was held at that temperature for 20 minutes to homogenize it. Then, the liquid was cooled down to 1300 degrees C and tilt-poured into a carbon steel mold. The ingots obtained were pulverized using a hydride/dehydride process without mechanical grinding. Powder of at most 200 mesh was roll-milled onto a nickel-mesh substrate without other conducting metal powder or inorganic additives. The electrochemical capacity of each alloy was determined by constructing a flooded full cell using grafted polyethylene/polypropylene (PE/PP) separators, partially pre-charged nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)2) counter electrodes, and 30 % potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution as the electrolyte. The cells were charged at 50 mA/g for 13 hours and then discharge at 50 mA/g and a final pull current at 12 mA/g. The result indicated that alloy-12 showed the smallest differential between capacities at 50 and 12 mA/g, which indicated a good high-rate material. The instant alloy materials reduced the electrical formation requirement to just three cycles in consumer, cylindrical cells and also EV (sic) batteries.