Porous stabilized beds, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same

A monolithic solid comprising:

• a plurality of second particles and a plurality of electrically aligned chains or magnetically aligned chains comprising a plurality of fused first metal particles, wherein the plurality of second particles is present between the electrically aligned chains or magnetically aligned chains,
• wherein first metal particles are magnetic particles and the second particles are not magnetic particles;
• wherein the first metal particles comprise an alloy magnet, wherein the alloy magnet does not include a rare earth metal, and
• the second particle is activated carbon or an inorganic oxide, wherein the inorganic oxide is selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, zirconia, titania, ceria, iron oxide, and a combination of at least one of the foregoing inorganic oxides.