Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a spherical silica powder, the method including, firing a spherical and porous silica precursor in a state where particles of the silica precursor are in contact with each other, in which the silica precursor has a sodium concentration of 1 ppm by mass to 300 ppm by mass and assuming the sodium concentration as x (ppm by mass) and a heat treatment temperature as y (° C.), the silica precursor is subjected to the heat treatment at a temperature satisfying ?0.97x+1180<y<?0.97x+1310, or the silica precursor has a pore volume of 0.1 ml/g to 2.0 ml/g and a specific surface area of 200 m2/g to 1000 m2/g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a spherical silica powder, having a median diameter d50 of 0.5 ?m to 20 ?m, and a product A×d50, which is a product of a specific surface area A (m2/g) and the median diameter d50 (?m), of 2.7 ?m·m2/g to 5.0 ?m·m2/g. The spherical silica powder may have a dielectric loss tangent of 0.0020 or less at a frequency of 1 GHz.

Abstract: The present invention relates to light-scattering silica particles having a light scattering property, the light-scattering silica particles including: a plurality of hollow portions each having a closed pore structure inside the particle, in which the light-scattering silica particles have a volume-based cumulative 50% particle diameter of 1 ?m to 500 ?m and an average circularity of 0.80 or more, and in use of the light-scattering silica particles, a reflectance A of a water cake containing 20 mg/cm2 of silica per measurement cross-sectional area at an ultraviolet wavelength of 310 nm is 30% or more.