%0 journal article %@ 1359-6462 %A Pistidda, C., Barkhordarian, G., Rzeszutek, A., Garroni, S., Bonatto Minella, C., Baro, M.D., Nolis, P., Bormann, R., Klassen, T., Dornheim, M. %D 2011 %J Scripta Materialia %N 11 %P 1035-1038 %R doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2011.02.017 %T Activation of the reactive hydride composite 2NaBH4 + MgH2 %U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2011.02.017 11 %X A novel method to enhance the reaction kinetics of the reactive hydride composite 2NaBH4 + MgH2 is described. It has been discovered that short-term exposure to a moist atmosphere has a very beneficial effect on the desorption reaction of the 2NaBH4 + MgH2 mixture. By this procedure it is possible to achieve, after drying, both faster desorption kinetics and greater amounts of released hydrogen compared to ball-milled material without further treatment.