TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Composition: The fuel composition additionally comprises a stabilizer; and a hydrolysis catalyst. The composition is in a form of granules, pellets, gel, tablets and/or powder. The composition is in the form of a composite comprising at least one layer of the at least one chemical hydride and at least one layer of the water surrogate source. When the fuel composition comprises the at least one chemical hydride is sodium borohydride or lithium hydride, then the water surrogate source is carbohydrate. When the fuel composition comprises the at least one chemical hydride is boron hydrides, ionic hydride salts, or aluminum hydrides (preferably sodium borohydride), then the water surrogate source is the at least one hydrated polymer. When the fuel composition comprises the at least one chemical hydride sodium borohydride, then the water surrogate is hydrated salts of chlorides, phosphates, carbonates, bisulfates or sulfates, where water in the hydrated salt comprises molecular water contained in the lattice of the salt. When the fuel composition comprises a mixture of at least one chemical hydride (preferably boron hydrides, ionic hydride salts, and aluminum hydrides) and at least one borate salt (preferably disodium tetraborate tetrahydrate, sodium metaborate dihydrate or pinnoite), then at least a portion of or all the water contained in the borate salt is in a hydroxyl group configuration. When the fuel composition comprises a mixture of at least one chemical hydride and at least one water surrogate source containing a borate salt, then the borate salt is selected from sodium tetraborate decahydrate, sodium tetraborate pentahydrate, sodium metaborate tetrahydrate, disodium tetraborate tetrahydrate, ulexite, probertite, lithium pentaborate pentahydrate, potassium tetraborate tetrahydrate, ammonium pentaborate octahydrate, zinc borate heptahydrate, zinc borate nonahydate, sodium metaborate dihydrate, sodium pentaborate pentahydrate, or pinnoite. The fuel composition comprises the at least one chemical hydride; the at least one water surrogate source, where at least one of the borate salts contains at least one portion of its water in a hydroxyl group format; and the hydrolysis catalyst. Preferred Components: The at least one chemical hydride is selected from boron hydride, ionic hydride salt or aluminum hydride; or borane compound. The boron hydride is selected from borohydride salts (M(BH4)n), triborohydride salts (M(B3H8)n), decahydrodecaborate salts ((M)2(B10H10)n), tridecahydrodecaborate salts (M(B10H13)n), dodecahydrododecaborate salts ((M)2(B12H12)n), or octadecahydroicosaborate salts ((M)2(B20H18)n). The hydride salt is selected from hydrides of alkali metals or alkaline earth metals. The aluminum hydride is selected from alane (AlH3) or aluminum hydride salts (preferably aluminum hydride salts of formula M(AlH4)n).M=an alkali metal cation, alkaline earth metal cation, aluminum cation, zinc cation, ammonium cation, alkyl ammonium cation, dialkyl ammonium cation, trialkyl ammonium cation, tetraalkyl ammonium cation, or phosphonium cation;n=charge of the cation.The hydrolysis catalyst comprises a material selected from chloride salts of cobalt, chloride salts of nickel, chloride salts of ruthenium, chloride salts of rhodium, chloride salts of platinum, or chloride salts of copper. The water surrogate source is a hydrated salt selected from chloride, phosphate, carbonate, bisulfate or sulfate (preferably magnesium sulfate heptahydrate (MgSO4.7H2O), magnesium chloride hexahydrate (MgCl.6H2O), trisodium phosphate (Na3PO4.12H2O), calcium sulfate dihydrate (CaSO4.2H2O), sodium carbonate decahydrate (Na2CO3.10H2O), aluminum sulfate octadecahydrate (Al2(SO4)3.18H2O), sodium aluminum sulfate (NaAl(SO4)2.12H2O, a molar water equivalent of 12), or potassium aluminum sulfate (KAl(SO4)2.12H2O). The mixture (m1) comprises at least one boron hydrides, ionic hydride salts, or aluminum hydrides (preferably at least one of sodium borohydride and lithium borohydride), and at least one water surrogate source which does not comprise sodium borate or lithium borate. The water surrogate source (s1) is selected from carbohydrate, allylic alcohol, polymer, hydrated salt, bicarbonate salt or borate salt. The water surrogate source (s2) is a material selected from polymer, hydrated salt or borate salt. The water surrogate source (s3) is a material selected from carbohydrates, allylic alcohols, or borate salt. Preferred Method: The process (a) additionally involves heating the mixture to 40 - 350 (preferably 100)degreesC.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The borane compound is selected from decaborane(14) (B10H14), ammonia borane compounds of formula NHxBHy, and NHxRBHy.x and y=1 - 4;R=methyl or ethyl.The carbohydrate water surrogate is selected from monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides or sugar alcohols; aldose or ketose; or glucose, fructose, xylose, mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol, or glycerol.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: The water surrogate source is a polymer selected from polyacrylic acid (PAA), polyacrylamide, poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (poly-HEMA), poly(iso-butylene-co-maleic acid) or poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide). EXAMPLE - A mixture of sodium borohydride and magnesium chloride hexahydrate (MgCl2. 6H2O, 6 molar water equivalent) was loaded into a Parr autoclave reactor. As the reactor temperature increased to 110degreesC, limited hydrogen gas pressure in the reactor was observed with 21% borohydride conversion to hydrogen. Borohydride conversion increased from 21 - 74%, as the reactor temperature was increased to 150degreesC in 100 minutes. The amount of hydrogen generated was equivalent to 4.6% of the reactants weight.