Ice V

Ice V, pronounced "ice five", is a monoclinic crystalline phase of water, formed by cooling water to 253 K at 500 MPa. It has a density of 1.24 g cm3 (at 350 MPa).

This article is about the form of water ice. For the high-speed train, see ICE V. For internal combustion engine vehicle, see ICEV.
"Ice 5" redirects here. For the ice hockey series, see Freeway Face-Off. For the King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard song, see Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava.

Ice V has a complicated structure, including 4-membered, 5-membered, 6-membered, and 8-membered rings and a total of 28 molecules in the unit cell. Ganymede's interior probably includes a liquid water ocean with tens to hundreds of kilometers of ice V at its base.

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