Hydrolytic evolution of hydrogen

It is well known that adding a metal that has a more negative reduction potential than hydrogen to water will react with the water forming either the oxide or the hydroxide of the metal and liberating hydrogen via one of the following reactions  

An alternative to using metals is to use sodium tetrahydridoborate, NaBlTj. A significant advantage over the use of metal powders is that sodium tetrahydridoborate can form stable aqueous solutions. The hydrolysis reaction 

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