TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Composition: The nickel-aluminum intermetallic compound contains nickel (in wt.%) (77-95) and aluminum (5-23). Preferred Catalyst: The catalyst is powder or particles produced by cutting, mechanical polishing or atomize method after ingot melting. The catalyst is cold-rolled foil component produced by cold-rolling process using nickel-aluminum alloy produced by unidirectional solidification process. The catalyst has carbon nanofiber containing metal microparticles, in its surface. The catalyst is subjected to alkali or acid treatment. Preferred Component: The metal microparticles are microparticles of nickel and nickel-aluminum.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Composition: The nickel-aluminum intermetallic compound contains nickel (in wt.%) (77-95) and aluminum (5-23). Preferred Catalyst: The catalyst is powder or particles produced by cutting, mechanical polishing or atomize method after ingot melting. The catalyst is cold-rolled foil component produced by cold-rolling process using nickel-aluminum alloy produced by unidirectional solidification process. The catalyst has carbon nanofiber containing metal microparticles, in its surface. The catalyst is subjected to alkali or acid treatment. Preferred Component: The metal microparticles are microparticles of nickel and nickel-aluminum.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Process: The catalyst is contacted with liquid mixture of methanol or methanol, and water, and hydrogen reduction processing of catalyst is carried out. EXAMPLE - Aluminum (in wt.%) (86.91) and nickel (13.09) were mixed to obtain nickel-aluminum powder. The obtained powder having particle diameter of 32 microns or less, 32-75 microns and 75-150 microns, had Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET) specific surface area of 1.3 m2/g, 0.4 m2/g and 0.1 m2/g, respectively. The obtained nickel-aluminum powder (in g) (3) was added to 20% sodium hydroxide aqueous solution (120), and stirred at 65-70degreesC for 5 hours. The aqueous alkali solution was removed from the resulting solution. The obtained deposit was washed with distilled water. The obtained precipitate was dehydrated and dried at 50degreesC, to obtain nickel-aluminum catalyst containing aluminum content of 14 wt.%. The obtained catalyst had BET specific surface area of 5.1 m2/g, and excellent catalyst activity, methanol reforming capability, heat resistance, and wear resistance.