Accordingly, one embodiment of the invention is a process for producing reinforced amorphous precipitated silica having, on a coating-free and impregnant-free basis, a surface area of from about 220 to about 340 square meters per gram, a pore diameter at the maximum of the volume pore size distribution function of from about 9 to about 20 nanometers, and a total intruded volume of from about 2.6 t