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Polymers 2011, 3, 1423-1432; doi:10.3390/polym3031423 OPEN ACCESS polymers ISSN 2073-4360 /journal/polymers Article Consolidation of Inorganic Precipitated Silica Gel Hussein Sahabi and Matthias Kind * Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Thermal Process Engineering, Kaiserstr. 12, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: Matthias.Kind@; Tel.: +49-721-608-423-90; Fax: +49-721-608-434-90. Received: 25 July 2011; in revised form: 15 August 2011 / Accepted: 24 August 2011 / Published: 29 August 2011 Abstract: Colloidal gels are