Separating ions in water using plastic ice vii

A purified water sample produced by:

• providing a water sample, wherein the water sample contains a plurality of first ions;
• transforming the sample of water into a plastic ice VII block;
• maintaining the plastic ice VII block for a first migration time sufficient for substantially all ions in the water sample to migrate into a first identified portion of the plastic ice VII block;
• and
• inverting the plastic ice block:
• maintaining the plastic ice VII block for a second migration time sufficient for substantially all of the first ions in the water sample to migrate into a second identified portion of the plastic ice VII block;
• and
• physically removing the identified second portion of the plastic ice VII block.

A controller for a high pressure press, the controller comprising one or more processors configured to execute instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• calculate a first migration time sufficient for substantially all ions in a plastic ice VII block to migrate into a bottom portion of the plastic ice VII block;
• generate signals that cause a high pressure press to apply sufficient pressure to transform a sample of water into the plastic ice VII block;
• and
• generate signals that cause the high pressure press to the plastic ice VII block for the calculated first migration time.