TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Composition: (I) is compacted to form a solid structure, where the solid structure has a shape comprising a rod, a cylinder, a tube, a plate, a thin sheet, a block, micro-spheres, macro-spheres or powder form. The liquid distribution mixture is uniformly mixed into a gel or paste. (I) further comprises an anti-foam agent, which is an alcohol, preferably butyl alcohol or hexyl alcohol, or an organosilicon compound. Preferred Components: The anti-caking agent is magnesium carbonate, calcium carbonate, silica (silicon dioxide), sodium bicarbonate, sodium ferrocyanide, potassium ferrocyanide, calcium ferrocyanide, bone phosphate, sodium silicate, calcium silicate, magnesium trisilicate, talcum powder, sodium aluminosilicate, potassium aluminum silicate, calcium aluminosilicate, bentonite, aluminum silicate, stearic acid, or polydimethylsiloxane. The anti-caking agent is present at 0.1-10 wt.%. The hydride is sodium borohydride, lithium borohydride, lithium aluminum hydride, lithium hydride, sodium hydride, magnesium hydride or calcium hydride. The activating agent comprises an acidic catalyst, a metallic catalyst or at least one salt. The acidic catalyst is boric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, oxalic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, malonic acid, boric oxide, mucic acid, calcium chloride, sodium borofluoride, phthalic acid, salicylic acid, alum, benzoic acid, phthalic anhydride, sulfamic acid, ammonium alum, ammonium chloride, maleic anhydride, sodium acid sulfate, sodium diacid phosphate, aluminum sulfate, maleic acid, calcium chloride or ammonium carbonate. The metallic catalyst is colloidal platinum, platinized asbestos, platinum oxidation catalyst, copper-chromic oxide, activated charcoal, Raney nickel, manganese(II) chloride, iron(II) chloride, cobalt(II) chloride, nickel(II) chloride, or copper(II) chloride. The salt comprises alkaline earth metals, alkali metals or halides. The halides are beryllium fluoride, beryllium chloride, beryllium bromide, beryllium iodide, magnesium fluoride, magnesium bromide, magnesium chloride, magnesium iodide, calcium fluoride, calcium chloride, calcium bromide, calcium iodide, lithium fluoride, lithium chloride, lithium bromide, lithium iodide, sodium fluoride, sodium chloride, sodium bromide, sodium iodide, potassium fluoride, potassium chloride, potassium bromide, potassium iodide, lithium sulfide, or lithium selenide, where other candidates of activating agents include at least one of copper, cobalt, nickel, platinum, palladium, iron, rubidium, manganese, or chromium. The accelerator is an acidic accelerator, a metallic catalyst, a mixture of acidic and metallic accelerators, an acidic accelerator dissolved in a liquid reactant, a metallic accelerator dissolved in a liquid reactant, an acidic accelerator partially mixed in solid mixture and partially dissolved in liquid reactant, or a metallic accelerator partially mixed in solid mixture and partially dissolved in liquid reactant. The acidic accelerator is oxalic acids succinic acid, malonic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, boric acid mucic acid, calcium chloride sodium borofluoride phthalic acid, salicylic acid, alum, benzoic acid, phthalic anhydride, sulfamic acid ammonium alum, ammonium chloride, maleic anhydride, sodium acid sulfate, sodium diacid phosphate, aluminum sulfate, and ammonium carbonate. The fuel comprises sodium borohydride. The organosilicon compound is polydimethylsiloxane, polyhydrosiloxane, or silica particles.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The carbohydrates are monosaccharides, disaccharides or polysaccharides. The sugar alcohols are glycol, glycerol, erythritol, threitol, arabitol, xylitol, ribitol, mannitol, sorbitol, dulcitol, iditol, isomalt, maltitol, lactitol, or polyglycitol. The LDA further comprise microcrystalline cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, alginic acid, dibasic calcium phosphate, dextrates, calcium sulfate dehydrate, or compressible sucrose. The LDA is present at 0.1-50 wt.%. The form-stabilizing agent is starch, methyl cellulose, hypromellose, microcrystalline cellulose, dibasic calcium phosphate, dextrate, sucrose or polyethylene glycol.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: The LDA is hydrophilic polymers, carbohydrates or sugar alcohols. The hydrophilic polymer comprises polyalkyl(acrylic acid) or its salt, preferably poly(acrylic acid), poly( alpha -ethylacrylic acid), poly( alpha -propylacrylic acid), poly(methacrylic acid), poly(sodium acrylate), poly(sodium methacrylate), poly(2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate), or polyacrylamide. The hydrophilic polymers are poly(N,N-dimethyl acrylamide), poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide), poly(ethylene glycol) or poly(ethylene oxide). The poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(ethylene oxide) is poly(ethylene glycol) methylether (initiator based on methoxy ethanol), poly(ethylene glycol) with disulfide linkage, poly(ethylene glycol) methylether (initiator based on 2-methoxy propanol), poly(ethylene glycol) monoethyl ether(initiator based on ethoxy ethanol), poly(ethylene glycol) dimethyl ether, poly(ethylene glycol) mono-benzylether, poly(ethylene glycol) dibenzylmethylene terminated (initiator based on diphenyl methylene), poly(ethylene glycol) dimethylamine and hydroxy terminated, or poly(ethylene glycol) dimethylamine and methoxy terminated. The hydrophilic polymers are poly(methyl vinyl ether), poly(2-vinyl N-methyl pyridinium iodide), poly(4-vinyl N-methyl pyridinium iodide), poly(N-vinyl imidazole quaternized with iodomethane), poly(ethylene imine), poly(vinylamine) with poly(vinyl carboxylic acid amide), or poly(styrene sulfonic acid) or its salt. The poly(styrene sulfonic acid) and its salt is poly(styrene sulfonic acid) dialyzed, poly(styrene sulfonic acid), undialyzed, poly(styrene sulfonic acid cesium salt) dialyzed, poly(styrene sulfonic acid cesium salt) undialyzed, poly(styrene sulfonic acid sodium salt) dialyzed, poly(styrene sulfonic acid sodium salt), and undialyzed poly(vinyl alcohol). The poly(vinylamine) and poly (vinyl carboxylic acid amide) is poly(N-vinylamine), poly(N-vinylformamide), poly(N-vinyl isobutyramide), or poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone). EXAMPLE - Typical composition comprised (in g): sodium borohydride (20); malic acid (10); polyethylene glycol 6000 (1); silica (0.3); and anti-foam agent (0.3).