TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The desiccant comprises silica, silica gel, magnesium aluminum silicate, calcium oxide, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, phosphorus pentoxide, smectite clay, layered phyllosilicate clay, organically modified clay, intercalated clay, and/or exfoliated clay. The fuel-contacting material comprises iodine.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Component: The fuel-contacting material forms a part of an inner fuel container (14), an outer casing (12), or a valve (18, 74). The oxygen scavenger comprises one or more of 95 compounds, e.g. sodium sulfite, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitroloacetic acid, ascorbic acid, citric acid, pyrogallic acid, hydrazine, a mixture of finely divided moist ferrous oxide and potassium, nickel metal, a transition metal salt, iron (Fe)-porphyrin, benzophenone, o-methoxy-benzophenone, dibenzoyl biphenyl, substituted dibenzoyl biphenyl, benzoylated terphenyl, substituted benzoylated terphenyl, tribenzoyl triphenylbenzene, substituted tribenzoyl triphenylbenzene, benzoylated styrene oligomers, dibenzoylated 1,1-diphenyl ethane, dibenzoylated 1,3-diphenyl propane, dibenzoylated 1-phenyl naphthalene, dibenzoylated styrene dimer, dibenzoylated styrene trimer, tribenzoylated styrene trimer, substituted benzoylated styrene oligomers, acetophenone, o-methoxy-acetophenone, acetophenone, methyl ethyl ketone, valerophenone, hexanophenone, alpha-phenyl-butyrophenone, p-morpholinopropiophenone, dibenzosuberone, 4-morpholinobenzophenone, benzoin, benzoin methyl ether, 4-o-morpholinodeoxybenzoin, p-diacetylbenzene, 4-aminobenzophenone, 4'-methoxyacetophenone, optionally substituted anthraquinones, alpha-tetralone, 9-acetylphenanthrene, 2-acetylphenanthrene, 10-thioxanthenone, 3-acetyl-phenanthrene, 3-acetylindole, and/or their copolymer or reaction product. The carbon dioxide scavenger comprises lithium hydroxide, cyclohexylamine, ethanolamine, diethylaminoethanol, and/or morpholine. The transition metal ion scavenger comprises silicon (Si)-triamine, Si-diamine, Si-thiol, poly beta-pinene, poly alpha-pinene, Si-thiourea, and/or Combizorb S(RTM: Not defined).