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Fig 1.

Process diagram of synthesis of composite silica xerogel.

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Fig 2.

Images of synthesized xerogels.

Silica xerogel (S1), Composite silica xerogel (S2), Silica xerogel with glass fibers (S3), Silica xerogel with carbon fiber (S4).

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Table 1.

Density of silica xerogel samples.

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Fig 3.

(a) SEM images for silica xerogel (S1) (b) SEM images for composite silica xerogel (S2) (c) SEM images for composite silica xerogel with glass fibers (S3) (d) SEM images for composite silica xerogel with carbon fiber (S4).

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Fig 4.

FTIR graph for the synthesized xerogels.

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Fig 5.

Stress-strain graph for composite silica xerogel (S2).

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Fig 6.

Stress-strain graph for composite silica xerogel with glass fibers (S3).

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Fig 7.

Stress-strain graph for composite silica xerogel with carbon fibers (S4).

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Table 2.

Elastic Modulus of the samples.

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Fig 8.

TGA graph for the synthesized xerogels.

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