If the pure ice is to remain in equilibrium with the salt solution, it must lose some of its "chemical potential".

So there is a layer of purer ice, right at the surface.

For a moment his eyes were pure ice.

She felt as if her inner core was pure ice, the cold coming from inside rather than out.

The spring water proved to be ice cold and pure.

So we can imagine that pure ice having no charge carriers would also be a poor conductor.

But inside was a heart of pure ice.

Glaciers are not pure ice; they contain dirt and rocks.

His eyes the ones I had described as pure ice were focused on Katy.

These will produce dislocations that are weak compared to the structure of pure ice.