| CPC C01B 33/141 (2013.01) [C01P 2004/64 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |

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1. A colloidal silica comprising silica particles having a bent structure and/or a branched structure,
wherein
the silica particles have a particle density of 1.95 or more,
the silica particles have a ratio (m/n) of the content of alkoxy groups m (ppm) to the average primary particle size n (nm) of 200 or more, and
the silica particles having a bent structure and/or a branched structure are present in an amount of 15% or more based on the number of particles in a given field of view as observed with a scanning electron microscope at 200,000-times magnification.
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