Ice VI


Ice VI is a form of ice that exists at high pressure at the order of about 1 GPa and temperatures ranging from 130 up to 355 Kelvin ; see also the phase diagram of water. Its discovery and the discovery of other high pressure forms of water was published by P.W. Bridgman in January 1912.

Properties

Ice VI has a density of 1.31 g/cm³ and a tetragonal crystal system with the space group P42/nmc; its unit cell contains 10 water molecules and has the dimensions a=6.27 Å and c=5.79 Å.
The triple point of ice VI with ice VII and liquid water is at about 82°C and 2.22 GPa and its triple point with ice V and liquid water is at 0.16°C and 0.6324 GPa = 6324 bar.