Aluminum is a highly reactive metal that can strip oxygen from water molecules to generate hydrogen gas. Its widespread use in products that get wet poses no danger because aluminum instantly reacts ...

“We don’t need any energy input, and it bubbles hydrogen like crazy. I’ve never seen anything like it,” said UCSC Professor Scott Oliver, describing a new aluminum-gallium nanoparticle powder that ...

It is not uncommon for a Hackaday writer to trawl the comments section of a given article, looking for insights or to learn something new. Often, those with experience in various fields will share ...

Dropped into saltwater containing imidazole, pellets of aluminum coated with a gallium-indium alloy produce hydrogen gas bubbles within minutes. This video has been sped up to 10x original speed.

In 2013, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student accidentally discovered that aluminum BBs heated on a hot plate with a small amount of activation metals (2–4 percent by weight of ...

For years, researchers have tried to find efficient and cost-effective ways to harness the extreme reactivity of aluminum to generate clean hydrogen fuel. A new study shows that an easily produced ...