At what density do air spaces in snow close to form glacier ice?

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Air spaces between snow grains are sealed off when the density of the aggregate reaches approximately 830 to 840 kilograms per cubic meter. At this density, the material becomes impermeable to fluids, marking the transition from firn to glacier ice.1