TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The catalyst is an atom or ion of bulk material, metal, metal of intermetallic compound, supported metal or compound, where electron(s) of the atom or ion accepts an integer of 27.2 eV from atomic hydrogen to form hydrinos. The catalyst comprises the combination of molecular hydrogen, atomic hydrogen, or hydride ion, and a species. The thermally regenerative reactants comprise (i) catalyst(s) or a source of catalyst from the alkali hydrides; (ii) a source of hydrogen from an alkali hydride; (iii) oxidant(s) from an alkaline earth halide, or an alkali halide; (iv) reductant(s) from magnesium and magnesium hydride, calcium, calcium hydride, or lithium; and (v) support(s) from titanium carbide, tungsten carbide, titanium carbide nitride, titanium boride, chromium carbide, or titanium silicon carbide. The reactants comprise at least two components from a catalyst or a source of catalyst; atomic hydrogen or a source of atomic hydrogen; reactants to form the catalysts or the source of catalyst and the atomic hydrogen or the source of atomic hydrogen; reactant(s) to initiate the catalysis of atomic hydrogen; or a support to enable the catalysis. The reaction mixture comprising an oxidation-reduction reaction to cause the catalysis reaction comprises (i) catalyst(s) from lithium, lithium hydride, potassium, potassium hydride, sodium hydride, rubidium, rubidium hydride, cesium, or cesium hydride; (ii) hydrogen gas, a source of hydrogen gas or hydride; (iii) oxidant(s) from metal compounds comprising halides, phosphides, borides, oxides, hydroxide, silicides, nitrides, arsenides, selenides, tellurides, antimonides, carbides, sulfide; hydrides, carbonate, hydrogen carbonate, sulfates, hydrogen sulfates, phosphates, hydrogen phosphates, dihydrogen phosphates, nitrates, nitrites, permanganates, chlorates, perchlorates, chlorites, perchlorites, hypochlorites, bromates, perbromates, bromites, perbromites, iodates, periodates, iodites, periodites, chromates, dichromates, tellurates, selenates, arsenates, silicates, borates, cobalt oxides, tellurium oxides, or oxyanions of halogens, phosphorus, boron, silicon, nitrogen, arsenic, sulfur, telluride, antimony, carbon, sulfur, manganese, chromium, cobalt or tellurium; a transition metal, tin, gallium, indium, lead, germanium, alkali metal and alkaline earth metal compound; or one or more of 454 other metal or metal compounds, e.g. germanium fluoride, germanium chloride, germanium bromide, germanium iodide, or germanium oxide; (iv) reductant(s) from metal, alkali, alkaline earth, transition, second and third series transition, and rare earth metals, aluminum, magnesium, magnesium hydride, silicon, lanthanum, boron, zirconium or titanium powders, and hydrogen; or (v) electrically conducting support from activated carbon, 1% platinum or palladium on carbon, carbide, titanium carbide or tungsten carbide. The exchange reaction to cause the catalysis reaction comprises an anion exchange between at least two of the oxidant, reductant, and catalyst where the anion is halide, hydride, oxides sulfide, nitride, boride, carbide, suicide, arsenide, selenide, telluride, phosphide, nitrate, hydrogen sulfide, carbonate, sulfate, hydrogen sulfate, phosphate, hydrogen phosphate, dihydrogen phosphate, perchlorate, chromate, dichromate, cobalt oxide, and oxyanions. The catalyst comprises atoms, ions, and/or molecules from molecules of aluminum hydride, bismuth hydride, chlorine hydride, cobalt hydride, germanium hydride, indium hydride, sodium hydride, ruthenium hydride, antimony hydride, selenium hydride, silicon hydride, tin hydride, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen trioxide, and atoms or ions of lithium, beryllium, potassium (K), calcium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, arsenic, selenium, krypton, rubidium, strontium, niobium, molybdenum, palladium, tin, tellurium, cesium, cerium, praseodymium, samarium, gadolinium, dysprosium, lead, platinum, 2K+, helium (He+), titanium (Ti2+), sodium (Na+), rubidium (Rb+), strontium (Sr+), iron (Fe3+), molybdenum (Mo2+), Mo4+, indium (In3+), argon (Ar+), xenon (Xe+), argon (Ar2+) and hydrogen (H+), or neon (Ne+) and H+.